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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The events that make up the story is the 

  • A. plot
  • B. setting
  • C. atmosphere
  • D. theme
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A poem of eight rhyming lines is

  • A. quatrain
  • B. octave
  • C. sonnet
  • D. limerick
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3

A long narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is 

  • A. panegyric
  • B. lyric
  • C. ballad
  • D. epic
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This question is based on general literary principles

The leading character in a literary work is the  

  • A. protagonist
  • B. antagonist
  • C. villain
  • D. anti-hero
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The collection of images within a literary work is referred to as 

  • A. imagery
  • B. images
  • C. symbolism
  • D. caesura
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From the novel; Wuthering Heights

This question is based on Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.

Heathcliff considered himself the second half of 

  • A. Nelly Dean
  • B. Isabella Winton
  • C. Hindley Earnshaw
  • D. Catherine Earnshaw
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From the novel; Wuthering Heights

This question is based on Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

The novel can be described as a 

  • A. Renaissance prose
  • B. Victorian novel
  • C. French fiction
  • D. English autobiography
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This question is based on Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

The setting of the novel is

  • A. Mid 16th century
  • B. Mid 17th century
  • C. Mid 18th century
  • D. Mid 19th century
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From the novel; Wuthering Heights

The question is based on Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

The structure of the novel is based on two major conflicts of 

  • A. love
  • B. passion
  • C. emotion
  • D. romance
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10
From the novel; Second Class Citizen

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen

The main challenge Adah encounters in England is

  • A. being a woman
  • B. financial limitations
  • C. being half literate
  • D. being a black person
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11
From the novel; Second Class Citizen

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen.

Adah’s disappointment is in the overwhelming 

  • A. freedom for the blacks
  • B. reception of the blacks
  • C. recognition given the blacks
  • D. discrimination against the blacks
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12
From the novel; Second Class Citizen

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen

Adah is so obsessed with the sleek woman at the hospital because the woman

  • A. has a doting husband
  • B. has a high paying job
  • C. gives birth to twins
  • D. lives in a mansion
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13
From the novel; Look Back in Anger

This question is based on John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger.

Jimmy’s harmatia is

  • A. infidelity
  • B. anger
  • C. pride
  • D. jealousy
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14
From the novel; Look Back in Anger

This question is based on John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger.

The reason why Jimmy easily gets along with Cliff is because

  • A. they both belong to the working class
  • B. Alison speaks well of Cliff
  • C. the relatives of Jimmy's mother are rich
  • D. they are both from affluent backgrounds
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15
From the novel; Look Back in Anger

This question is based on John Osbourne’s Look Back in Anger

The couple’s marital crisis is aggravated by

  • A. Jimmy
  • B. Cliff
  • C. Helena
  • D. Hugh
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From the novel; Look Back in Anger

This question is based on John Osbourne’s Look Back in Anger

The protagonist in the play is

  • A. Alison Porter
  • B. Cliff Lewis
  • C. Jimmy Porter
  • D. Colonel Redfern
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From the novel; Look Back in Anger

This question is based on John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger

Alison and Jimmy are accommodated during the first month of their marriage by

  • A. Hugh Tanner
  • B. Nigel
  • C. Cliff
  • D. Webster
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18
From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel

The question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel

The play is a

  • A. Comedy
  • B. Tragi-comedy
  • C. Farce
  • D. Melodrama
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From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel

This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel.

Lakunle’s attitude towards payment of bride price is perceived by Sidi as 

  • A. deceitful
  • B. brilliant
  • C. generous
  • D. noble
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From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel

This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel

Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as 

  • A. unholy
  • B. illegal
  • C. babaric
  • D. childish
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From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel

This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel

Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as 

  • A. unholy
  • B. illegal
  • C. babaric
  • D. childish
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