When a writer deviates from the chronological arrangement of events in a literary piece, he uses ...
Answer
(B)
Anachrony
2
The literary term for conflict in literature is_________
Answer
(A)
Agon
3
_______ is used to describe the situation where a character recognize his mistake
Answer
(D)
Anagnorisis
4
"Nightfall! Nightfall!! You are my mortal enemy". The dominant figure of speech above is a/an________
Answer
(B)
Apostrophe
5
________is used to describe the 'god of inspiration' in literature
Answer
(A)
Muse
6
_____ is used to describe the predetermination of a future event in a literary piece
Answer
(B)
Prolepsis
7
The theme that runs through Hallowell's Dining Table is that of________
Answer
(B)
Brutality
8
Which one of the following does not relate to the tone in Diop's Vanity?
Answer
(C)
Rejuvenation
9
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The mood of the writer is that of _____?
Answer
(A)
Elation
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Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________
Answer
(C)
abcdcc
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Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The object of the extract is____?
Answer
(A)
childishness
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Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The literary device used in line 1 is ________
Answer
(D)
Personification
13
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The literary device used in line 6 is an example of______
Answer
(C)
Paradox
14
The atmosphere of a poem has to do with_________
Answer
(C)
Tone and Mood
15
An overused expression is a/an _________
Answer
(A)
Cliche
16
What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________
Answer
(A)
use of creative imagination
17
In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______
Answer
(B)
tragedies
18
'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______
Answer
(A)
Paradox
19
The art of using persuasive words in literary works is known as_______
Answer
(A)
Rhetoric
20
A poem is said to be good if it________
Answer
(B)
has rhyme and reason
21
A struggle between opposing forces in a story/play is________
Answer
(B)
Conflict
22
The second stanza of Awonoor's Anvil and the Hammer ________
Answer
(C)
offers solution to the conflict between African traditions and westernisation
23
The dominant mood in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that of___________
Answer
(D)
Readiness
24
Iago's hatred for Othello is deep rooted because__________
Answer
(D)
Othello didn't make him the Lieutenant
25
The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of_________
Answer
(C)
an omniscient narrator
26
The specie of conflict exemplified in the Native Son is that of_______
Answer
(A)
man against society
27
Amma Darko's Faceless may be best described as a___________
Answer
(B)
Satire
28
"You can call me a rebel, but I need a job. That's what matters to me." The repercussion of this statement by Aloho is a pointer to the theme ____
Answer
(B)
That patience is a virtue
29
A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____
Answer
(A)
An Epigram
30
Adeoti's Ambush may be best described as____________
Answer
(D)
Metaphorical
31
The most dominant poetic device used in Okara's 'Panio and Drums' is_______
Answer
(B)
Symbolism
32
In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the___________
Answer
(B)
uncertainties of life
33
The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because_____
Answer
(D)
of the space for God's worship
34
Blake's 'The School Boy' advocates for____________
Answer
(A)
a fine balancing between work and pleasure for a child's development
35
A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________
Answer
(B)
Nemesis
36
Aloho begins her harvest of corruption when____________
Answer
(B)
she discovered she was 3 months pregnant and abortion was impossible
37
The metaphorical significance of Frank Ogodo's 'Harvest of Corruption' is seen in the theme of_____________
Answer
(C)
retribution
38
The voice of reason in the 'Harvest of Corruption' is exemplified in the character of___________
Answer
(B)
Ogeyi
39
The characterisation of Othello maybe pointed out in that__________
Answer
(C)
although he is a cultural outsider in Venice, his military skills are valuable to the State
40
The setting of Shakespeare's Othello is____________
Answer
(B)
Venice
41
Bayo Adebowale portrayed Yaremi as resilient, self reliant and strong willed particularly to__________
Answer
(C)
condemn male chauvinism
42
'They are as fearsome as they are fearless' is an example of______
Answer
(A)
antithesis
43
In Herbert's "The Pulley", God's supremacy is exemplified through______
Answer
(A)
His withholding of the gift of rest
44
'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.'
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
Answer
(A)
alliteration
45
Awonoor's 'The Anvil and the Hammer' is best described as a/an___________
Answer
(A)
free verse
46
Read the poem and answer questions
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
The theme of the poem is__________
Answer
(B)
abomination and retribution
47
Read the poem and answer questions
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
The mood of the poet is one of________
Answer
(B)
hopelessness
48
Read the poem and answer questions
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
'The earth has stopped breathing and sighed' illustrates__________
Answer
(D)
personification
49
Read the poem and answer questions
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
The run-on lines convey the speaker's_______
Answer
(A)
lamentation
50
Read the poem and answer questions
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
There is a predominance of words associated with________
Answer
(B)
nature
51
Which one of the following is most influential to the substance of Hallowell's "The Dinning Table"?
Answer
(D)
the setting of the poem
52
'Nightfall! Nightfall!
You are my mortal enemy'
The figurative name for the manner in which Nightfall is directly addressed is______
Answer
(D)
apostrophe
53
The mood of Diop's 'Vanity' is__________
Answer
(A)
expressed through rhetorical questions
54
... is the illustration which serves to persuasively sustain the interest of the readers in a literary piece
Answer
(B)
narrative hook
55
In literary criticism, a casual reference to a figure or an event is regarded as a/an_______
Answer
(D)
allusion
56
A transferred epithet is popularly known as a/an ........
Answer
(C)
Hypallage
57
A dramatic type directed against an individual or a private institute with the intent to severely ridicule is called_________
Answer
(D)
lampoon
58
A novel written in form of a letter is said to be_______
Answer
(C)
epistolary
59
Adeoti's "Ambush" ends on a note of___________
Answer
(A)
despair
60
Use excerpt below to answer questions
"Now, by yond marble
heaven,
In the due reverence of a sacred vow
I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)
What incident ignited the excerpt above?
Answer
(B)
Othello's rage about Desdemona's betrayal
61
Use excerpt below to answer questions
"Now, by yond marble
heaven,
In the due reverence of a sacred vow
I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)
The prevailing activity in the extract is
Answer
(A)
the vow of revenge and pledge of loyalty by Iago to Othello
62
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"Now, by yond marble
heaven,
In the due reverence of a sacred vow
I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)
Consequent upon the act in the excerpt, ...
Answer
(D)
Othello changed from being the hero to a villain
63
The bar in Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" is a symbol for the___________
Answer
(C)
boundary between life and death
64
A story which explains a natural phenomenon is_______
Answer
(C)
myth
65
... may be said to be a critical subject of concern in Blake's "School Boy"
Answer
(A)
adventurism
66
Amma Darko's "Faceless" ended with________
Answer
(B)
an epilogue narrating how Baby T's spirit revenged her death
67
Richard Wright's " Native Son" may be described to a/an_______
Answer
(C)
bildungsroman
68
"The sudden throb of pain" in Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Old' signifies the_________
Answer
(A)
negative impacts of aging
69
A character whose action or qualities serve to heighten those of the hero through contrast is__________
Answer
(B)
a foil
70
A poem of 14 lines is known as__________
Answer
(A)
sonnet
71
Okara's reminiscence in the "Piano and Drums" as to how he walks to the farm with no shoes, marching thorns and dangerous leafs, and still finds this enjoyable creates a feeling of___________
Answer
(A)
nostalgia
72
Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________
Answer
(B)
similar
73
... a didactic poem, especially such with animals as characters may be distinctively described as a/an_________
Answer
(D)
apologue
74
One of the following is not significant to Morris' "The Proud King"
Answer
(D)
allegory
75
'The dun dun of a drum' is an example of an__________
