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WAEC - Literature In English (2020 - No. 24)

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On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows. Mountains and caves are here; for what is now the other; then all is but a boiling heap of rushing water. Pursuit, and flight and mad return of wave on wave, and savage struggle, ending up in a spouting up of foam that whitens the black night; incessant change of place and form and hue; constancy in nothing but eternal strife. 

On, on, on, they roll and darker frows the night; and louder howls the wind and more clamorous and fierce become the million voices in the sea, when wild cry goes forth upon the storm, 'A ship!'

Read the passage and answer the question that follows

On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows. Mountains and caves are here; for what is now the other; then all is but a boiling heap of rushing water. Pursuit, and flight and mad return of wave on wave, and savage struggle, ending up in a spouting up of foam that whitens the black night; incessant change of place and form and hue; constancy in nothing but eternal strife. 

On, on, on, they roll and darker frows the night; and louder howls the wind and more clamorous and fierce become the million voices in the sea, when wild cry goes forth upon the storm, 'A ship!'

Read the passage and answer the question that follows

On, on, on, over the countless miles of angry space roll the long heaving billows. Mountains and caves are here; for what is now the other; then all is but a boiling heap of rushing water. Pursuit, and flight and mad return of wave on wave, and savage struggle, ending up in a spouting up of foam that whitens the black night; incessant change of place and form and hue; constancy in nothing but eternal strife. 

On, on, on, they roll and darker frows the night; and louder howls the wind and more clamorous and fierce become the million voices in the sea, when wild cry goes forth upon the storm, 'A ship!'

A ship in the last line symbolises _________
despair.
hope
pirates
sailors

Explanation

In the passage, the description of the sea is tumultuous, dark, and full of chaos, with "eternal strife" and "incessant change". However, the mention of "A ship!" at the end signifies a shift in tone, suggesting a sense of potential relief or salvation amidst the turmoil. The mention of a ship symbolises hope. It suggests that in the midst of the chaos and struggle of the sea, the arrival of the ship could offer a chance of safety or rescue.

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