This question is based on Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
The overriding depiction of mystery and terror in the novel accounts for its classification as a
Answer
(B)
gothic novel
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
The chief of Ilujinle village is
Answer
(B)
Baroka
3
This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.
Jimmy's feeling about Alison's upper-class status is that of
Answer
(C)
resentment
4
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
A thousand explosions in the belly of the earth
Bleeding rigs, bursting pipes
The oil flows
From the earth's sickbed
Because
The oil only flows
When the earth bleeds
The subject matter of the excerpt above is
Answer
(A)
despoliation
5
The subject matter of Angelou's "Caged Bird"is
Answer
(C)
segregation and racial discrimination
6
The experience of the persona in Eliot's "The Journey of the Magi" is
Answer
(A)
challenging but fulfilling
7
Beauty in Donne's "The Good Morrow" represents the poet's persona's
Answer
(B)
lover
8
This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Take my colt, gipsy, then! said young Earnshaw...and wheedle my father out of all he has
The statement above exemplifies
Answer
(C)
flashack
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He lifted his head from his drinking
as cattles do,
And looked at me vaguely, as
drinking cattles do,
And flickered his two-forked tongue
from his lips, and mused
a moment (D.H. Lawrence)
The poetic object in the extract above is
Answer
(D)
a snake
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen
The narrative of the novel centres around
Answer
(D)
Adah
11
Another form of literature that often employs verse is
Answer
(C)
drama
12
An understatement for the purpose of emphasis is known as
Answer
(D)
litotes
13
This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back.
I don't care how long I will wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!
Answer
(A)
Heathcliff
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This question is based on Literary Principles
The choice of words used by a writer in a literary work is called
Answer
(C)
diction
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel
I was there when it happened to your father
The line above is in reference to
Answer
(D)
Baroka's impotency
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation
The sunset Steals our youth
We must depart
We must follow the trail of the killer-bird
Or else sleep the sleep of terror
The excerpt above portrays the theme of
Answer
(A)
mortality
17
The spatial setting of Senghor's "Black Woman" is
Answer
(B)
Africa
18
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A multifaceted character in literature is regarded as
Answer
(B)
round character
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This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger
Jimmy's first love, who is ten years older than him, is
Answer
(D)
Madeline
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
No one? Do you mean there was no one
To bar unwanted strangers from my privacy?
Answer
(B)
Baroka
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Repetition is a literary device employed for the purpose of
Answer
(C)
emphasis
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This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn
The narrative technique employed in the novel is
Answer
(B)
third-person point of view
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This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger
The setting of the play is
Answer
(D)
Elizabethan England
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This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
From the events in the novel, one can conclude that Joseph is
Answer
(B)
hypocritical
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This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri Unexpected Joy at Dawn.
The main conflict in the novel is
Answer
(D)
corruption
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel
Lakunle is portrayed as the foil of
Answer
(C)
Baroka
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class CItizen.
Adah faces discrimination based on
Answer
(A)
gender and race
28
Niyi Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is a fable because of the
Answer
(D)
use of animals who act as humans
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The persona in Lade Worsonu's "Raider of the Treasure Trove" warns against
Answer
(D)
rage
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This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn
The temporal setting of the novel is in
Answer
(B)
1960s Nigeria and 1980s Ghana
31
I shall booze and zoom myself home
The diction used in the above excerpt in Onu's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is
Answer
(A)
onomatopoeic
32
In Lawrence's "Bat", the poetic persona concludes the poem by stating
Answer
(A)
his aversion for bats
33
Sesay's "The Song of the Women of my Land" is
Answer
(A)
panegyric
34
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen
It all began like a dream. You know, that sort of dream which seems to have originated from nowhere, yet one was always aware of its existence...
The technique used in the line above is
Answer
(D)
flashback
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This novel is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger
The bear in the novel symbolically represents
Answer
(A)
Jimmy Porter
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
The division of the play into morning, noon and night signifies unity of
Answer
(D)
time
37
Decked with dances by baobabs over balances
The above line in Neto's The Grieved Lands is an example of
Answer
(D)
alliteration
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This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger
Bullying in the play is revenge tactics on
Answer
(B)
social class
39
The beauty of this poem is built upon its
Answer
(B)
extended images of treasure and gun
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This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
Fina's character is best described as:
Answer
(C)
Resilient, reflective and evolving
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This question is based on HEARTY GARLANDS.
"Flights of vanquished steps" conveys:
Answer
(C)
Ascension through conquered challenges
42
This question is based on NEW TONGUE. What literary device is most prominent in the following lines?
bathing at the back of the house
On a rainy July day
Answer
(C)
Imagery
43
This question is based on THE STONE.
The woman's final sigh symbolises:
Answer
(D)
The release of pent-up sorrow
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This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
Which character is Ananse's daughter?
Answer
(C)
Anansewa
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Antony: "I will be / A bridegroom in my death, and run into't / As to a lover's bed."
Eros: "Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast worn / Most useful for thy country."
Antony: "When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then / To do this when I bade thee?" What does this moment between Antony and Eros represent?
Answer
(B)
A test of loyalty and self-sacrifice
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This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
What is the narrative function of the Kumba Kargbo legend at the beginning of the novel?
Answer
(D)
To symbolise Fina's inner rebellion and uniqueness.
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This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
In what way does Bendu's relationship with Calvin challenge gender norms?
Answer
(B)
Their partnership is based on mutual respect without traditional gender roles
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This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
Which element best classifies So the Path Does Not Die as a postcolonial feminist novel?
Answer
(C)
Its critique of both colonial legacies and patriarchal customs
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This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
Which narrative technique best defines the structure of the novel?
Answer
(B)
Non-linear flashback
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This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
What does the character of Calvin represent in contrast to Terrance Clarke?
Answer
(A)
Ethical masculinity
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This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
Who serves as a moral voice and critic of Ananse's schemes?
Answer
(B)
Ekuwa
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This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
Which of these best describes Ananse?
Answer
(D)
Trickster and manipulator
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Caesar: "She shall be buried by her Antony: / No grave upon the earth shall clip in it / A pair so famous."
Dolabella: "Caesar, thy thoughts / Touch their effects in this: thyself art coming / To see perform'd the dreaded act which thou / So sought'st to hinder."
Which theme does this exchange between Caesar and Dolabella reflect most?
Answer
(C)
Ironic inevitability
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This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
What theme is emphasized when bride prices are accepted from multiple chiefs?
Answer
(C)
Greed and commodification of women
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This question is based on THE TELEPHONE CALL.
The term "Ultra-Super Global Special" is an example of:
Answer
(D)
Hyperbole
56
This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
What is the significance of Cobra's polite and religious demeanour after the war?
Answer
(C)
It disguises unresolved guilt and denial
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This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
Which of the following characters consistently defends African traditions?
Answer
(C)
Baramusu
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This question is based on NIGHT.
"Faceless, silent as night thieves" contributes to which theme in the poem?
Answer
(C)
Vulnerability and fear
59
This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
What is the deeper symbolic implication of Lucy's coma?
Answer
(C)
A metaphor for emotional disconnect between generations
60
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of:
Answer
(B)
paradox
61
This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
What does Benji's story reveal about the long-term consequences of political silence?
Answer
(D)
Silence can lead to invisibility and forgotten sacrifices
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This question is based on SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.
What does the poet mean by "all that's best of dark and bright"?
Answer
(C)
She reflects a perfect balance of opposites
63
This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
What does Lucas's refusal to remarry after Isabelle's death reveal about his core values?
Answer
(B)
His loyalty and emotional fidelity transcend death
64
This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
In Act III, Scene II, Antony blames Cleopatra for:
Answer
(D)
Causing the loss at Actium by fleeing
65
This question is based on ONCE UPON A TIME.
"I have learned to wear many faces / like dresses..." uses which poetic device?
Answer
(B)
Simile
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Enobarbus: "Caesar's whole fleet's at sea: / Well spread and almost yare. For he's not dumb, / That tells my departure."
Agrippa: "Let's grant it is not / Amiss to tumble on the bed of Ptolemy; / To give a kingdom for a mirth, to sit / And keep the turn of tippling with a slave..."
Answer
(D)
Sarcastic, mocking Antony's loss of dignity
67
This question is based on THE BREASTS OF THE SEA.
The image "coelacanth was recaptured" suggests:
Answer
(C)
The rediscovery of something ancient and resilient
68
'Ibadan,
running splash of rust
and gold - flung and scattered
among seven hills like broken
china in the sun.'
J.P. Clark, 'Ibadan'
The poem above is memorable for its:
Answer
(D)
Lyricism
69
This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
What deeper meaning can be attached to Lucas's work on the farm?
Answer
(D)
Work as spiritual discipline and sacrifice
70
A central theme in the poem NOT MY BUSINESS is:
Answer
(B)
Political complacency
71
This question is based on THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE.
The final escape of Chanticleer is due to—
Answer
(D)
His clever use of flattery
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This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
Who is Aya in relation to Ananse?
Answer
(D)
His aunt
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This question is based on NIGHT.
The sea in the poem is presented as:
Answer
(B)
A symbol of natural vitality subdued by Night
74
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
'You amble on we can no longer
wait for nature's course
we must deliver
you with force'
Amelia House, 'Our Sun Rises'
The mood in the lines above is one of
Answer
(B)
indignation
75
This question is based on NOT MY BUSINESS.
Which literary technique dominates the poem?
Answer
(A)
Allegory
76
This question is based on SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.
The expression "one shade the more, one ray the less" underscores
Answer
(D)
The precision and delicacy of her beauty
77
This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
What literary technique does Shaw use to contrast public peace with private suffering?
Answer
(A)
Juxtaposition
78
This question is based on HEARTY GARLANDS.
What is the occasion that inspires the poem?
Answer
(D)
A funeral tribute
79
This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
Which of the following is NOT a reason why Fina struggles in America?
Answer
(A)
Language barrier
80
This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
What does Lucy's awakening at the novel's end most strongly symbolise?
Answer
(A)
Rebirth of hope and emotional reconnection
81
In the end, what core message does Redemption Road leave the reader with?
Answer
(D)
Healing is possible but depends on courageous confrontation
82
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation. 'Beautiful Kareendi, flower of my heart. No one but you can type them. For I want to send them care of the address of your heart, by the post of your heart, to be read by the eye of your heart, thereafter to be kept within your heart, sealed there forever and ever.'
The dominant device in this extract is
Answer
(A)
progressive amplification
83
This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
How does the novel challenge conventional ideas of masculinity?
Answer
(D)
By showing a man openly supporting a mentally ill spouse
84
Cleopatra (to her attendants):
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have
Immortal longings in me: now no more
The juice of Egypt's grape shall moist this lip...
Which thematic concern is most evident in this speech?
Answer
(A)
Death as transcendence
85
This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
Why is Bendu's abandonment of her child in the Duluma camp significant?
Answer
(C)
It dramatizes the horrors of war on motherhood and memory
86
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
'A slight breeze murmured in the air. Grasses swayed as if in resentment. Over in the horizon, just beneath the spectrum of the ascending sun, horizontal brands of red cloud hung menacingly above the tips of the trees and morning air smelled of burnt clay.'
The Victims by Isidore Okpewho
Effect in the above passage is achieved through the use of
Answer
(C)
visual images
87
This question is based on THE STONE.
The stone in the poem is primarily a symbol of:
Answer
(D)
Memory and permanence
88
This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
Fina's insistence on supporting her sister Isa, despite Cammy's protest, stems from:
Answer
(A)
African communal values
89
This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
Where is the play primarily set?
Answer
(A)
Ananse's home and its surroundings
90
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Ocol rejects the old type.
He is in love with a modern woman
He is in love with a beautiful girl
Who speaks English.'
Okot p'Bitek, 'Song of Lawino'
The writer of the lines above
Answer
(C)
ridicules Ocol's value judgment
91
This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.
Which best reflects Lucas's leadership style within his family?
Answer
(B)
Quiet and emotional
92
This question is based on NEW TONGUE.
What does the poem suggest about memory and the past?
Answer
(C)
That the past holds identity and should not be erased
93
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation Comic relief is
Answer
(B)
the use of humorous characters speeches or scenes in a tragic work
94
This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Enobarbus:
I am alone the villain of the earth, And feel I am so most.
O Antony, Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid
My better service, when my turpitude Thou dost so crown with gold!
What emotion primarily drives Enobarbus in this speech?
Answer
(D)
Guilt
95
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called:
Answer
(B)
deus ex machina
96
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called:
Answer
(C)
a ballad
97
This question is based on THE BREASTS OF THE SEA.
"Fractured chela" refers to:
Answer
(A)
A delicate remnant of the past
98
This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.
What style of performance influences the structure of the play?
Answer
(C)
Anansesem
99
This question is based on THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE.
What is the fox's primary strategy in catching Chanticleer?
Answer
(D)
Flattery
100
This question is based on THE TELEPHONE CALL.
What does the phrase "We don't deal in money. Experiences are what we deal in" represent?
Answer
(C)
A euphemism
101
This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
Which action by Amadu is viewed as a cultural sacrilege?
Answer
(D)
Entering the Fafei to stop Fina's circumcision.
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This question is based on ONCE UPON A TIME.
The line "like a fixed portrait smile" suggests that the speaker's smile is—
Answer
(A)
Rigid and artificial
103
This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Cleopatra:
O, wither'd is the garland of the war,
The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and girls
Are level now with men; the odds is gone,
And there is nothing left remarkable
Beneath the visiting moon.
What is Cleopatra lamenting in this passage?
Answer
(D)
The death of Antony
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This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.
The abandonment of Musudugu by many women before Kumba Kargbo's birth reflects:
Answer
(B)
Weakness in the social fabric
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This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.
How does the novel critique the role of international aid in post-conflict settings?
