A Raisin’ in the Sun
That’s it.There you are.Man say to his woman got me a dream.His woman got me a dream.His woman say:I got to take hold of this here world,baby!And a woman will say:Eat your eggs and go to work….
‘a dream’ in this speech refers to
- A. a liquor store
- B. a prosperous academic career
- C. a political career
- D. a family estate in Clybourne Park
- E. a film industry
Romeo and Juliet
“O’Romeo,Romeo!Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy father and refuse thy name”
Juliet makes this statement because
- A. she hates Romeo
- B. she hates Romeo's father
- C. she is anxiuos to marry Romeo
- D. she finds the name Romeo unromantic
- E. she wants Romeo to bear a particular name
‘Strange Meeting’ reveals the absurdity of
- A. cowardice
- B. love
- C. hatred
- D. war
- E. friendship
In ‘Wild Grapes’ the narrator says ‘You see me celebrate two birthdays,And give myself out as two different ages because
- A. she is reincarnated
- B. she has first declared a false age
- C. the incident of the poem begins a new chapter in her life
- D. the grapes are wilder than herself
- E. the grapes are older than herself
‘The Choir master’s Burial’ shows man
- A. gratitude
- B. ingratitude
- C. devotion
- D. spineless
- E. courage
‘The Sacrilege’ ends on a note of the complexity of
- A. revenge
- B. ambition
- C. faith
- D. fate
- E. existence
In ‘The Duel’ the line ‘And the swords clicked and scrapped,and the onsets sped’ indicates
- A. the depth of their fatique
- B. the loftiness of their hopes
- C. the abjectness of their fears
- D. the fervour of their prayers
- E. the fierceness of the fight
In ‘The Vultures’ the vultures are
- A. birds of prey
- B. African hunters
- C. colonial masters
- D. vampires
- E. sacrificial animals
Dennis Brutus’ ‘A Troubadour I Traverse’ is on the following
- A. a poem of resistance against oppression
- B. a poem about a lost lover
- C. a poem about a journey of exploration
- D. a poem of satisfaction with one's society
- E. none of the above
Kalu Uka’s ‘Earth to Earth’ is about one of the following
- A. death
- B. urine
- C. flowers
- D. goddess of the Earth
- E. love
In ‘The Call of the River Nun’,’O’incomprehensible God!’ expresses the poet’s
- A. anger against God
- B. horror of God
- C. acceptance of God
- D. rejection of God
- E. inability to understand life
‘Stream-side Exchange’ primarily shows J.P Clark’s interest in
- A. birds
- B. children
- C. trade
- D. rivers
- E. destiny
In Night of Seine,the word’dark’ in ‘listen to our dark blood beat’ is used
- A. biologically
- B. scientifically
- C. figuratively
- D. literally
- E. sociologically
One of the following is a mark of good poetry
- A. An interesting story
- B. Imaginative use of language
- C. Realistic Characterisation
- D. Flashback
- E. Audience participation
Which of the following statements is true of Shakespeare’s Macbeth
- A. Macbeth is a wicked woman who does not love her husband
- B. The Birnam wood actually moved
- C. The tragedy of Macbeth is caused by Macbeth's ambition and some other factors
- D. Macbeth is the only cause of his own tragedy
- E. The witches have only good news for Macbeth
The central theme of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is
- A. wrestling
- B. disguise
- C. forest life
- D. disagreement between brothers
- E. the nature of true love
A play is drama because
- A. it contains characters
- B. it does not contain any story
- C. it cannot be read silently
- D. it can be acted on the stage
- E. it is written in verse
The difference between tragedy and comedy is
- A. that tragey contains soliloquies,but comedy does not
- B. that comedy contains disguise but tragedy does not
- C. that tragedy is imaginative but comedy is not
- D. that comedy deals with love but tragedy does not
- E. none of the above
Although the following statement is not a direct quotation from any books,it serves as as an aid to identifying characters that appear in the works.Read it carefully and say which character is likely to make it: ‘How could i have succumbed to the pressures of the corrupt society?I thought i would be a successful social reformer but now i am as bad as those i criticize’
- A. Ihuoma
- B. Tom
- C. Clara
- D. Emenike
- E. Obi Okonkwo
In ‘Come Away My Love’ Kariuki deals with the problems of
- A. love in the abstract
- B. reflections on shop windows
- C. the music of the piano
- D. love between people of different races
- E. the light from the candle
Events in The Concubine are dominated by
- A. Ihuoma
- B. Emenike
- C. The Sea god
- D. supernatural elements
- E. Ekwueme