Because he was transferred often, Kofi’s father in ‘The Narrow Path’
- A. made a lot of money
- B. became a very famous headmaster
- C. love travelling a great deal
- D. could not train his children properly
- E. could save no money to build himself a house at home.
When Kofi’s grandparents in The Narrow Path learnt that Nani wanted to marry Edzi, they
- A. did not approve
- B. made her change her religion
- C. congratulated him
- D. welcomed Edzi with open arms
- E. disowned him
Leah was finally arrested by the police because she
- A. was betrayed by an enemy
- B. was outwitted by the Fox
- C. did not offer a big enough bribe to the police
- D. bribed the wrong person
- E. became too militant.
Peter Abraham’s Mine Boy can be described as a
- A. regional novel
- B. detective novel
- C. romatic novel
- D. novel of social critism
- E. historical novel.
Which of the following characters was assassinated by an unknown assailant in ‘Mine Boy’
- A. Daddy
- B. Ma plank
- C. Dladla
- D. chris
- E. Johannes
At mines where Xuma worked, the workers were
- A. satisfied
- B. confused
- C. rebellious
- D. overworked
- E. respected.
When Xuma talked to Di about Eliza, she
- A. she thought Eliza was like her inside
- B. agreed that Eliza was unreasonable
- C. was amused
- D. was offended
- E. believed Xuma was very knowledgeable
‘The Myth of the Bagre’ is an example of
- A. a dream world
- B. a narrative poem of initiation
- C. a poem in praise of manly prowess
- D. a poem recited at marriage festivals
- E. a poem sacred to the memory of ancestors
S.T. Colerige’s ‘Khan’ is a poem about
- A. a dream world
- B. the world of demon lovers
- C. the river Alph
- D. a sunless sea
- E. sunny spots of greenery.
In Lord Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’the phrase ‘happy lsles’ refers to
- A. the abode of the dead
- B. the palace of Achilles
- C. the abode of the Gods
- D. the ringing plants of windy Troy
- E. the land of the idle king.
In Rubadiri’s ‘Stanley meets Mutesa’ Mtu Mweupe Karibu means
- A. whiteman, you are a man of excellent calibre
- B. whiteman stay in peace with us
- C. whiteman, you are welcome
- D. whiteman go back to your country
- E. whiteman here are cables for you
The word ‘Fence’ in peter’s poem ‘The Fence’symbolizes
- A. racial prejudice
- B. falsehood
- C. truth
- D. moral indecision
- E. social classes.
The night is significant in ‘Nightfall in Soweto’ because
- A. people stay in their houses
- B. crimes are committed at night
- C. the people can rest their tired bones at night
- D. black people are persecuted even in their own homes at night
- E. night brings alot of enjoyment
”Troubadour, I Traverse all my land exploring all her wide flung parts with zest probing in motion sweeter far than rest her secret thickets with an amorous hand”.
The above lines from Brutus ‘poem’ A Troubadour l Traverse’indicate that the poet
- A. is a traveller
- B. an explorer who collect things
- C. enjoys amorous adventures
- D. loves a woman
- E. has a deep-rooted love for his country
The main idea suggests in Kalu Uka’s poem ‘Earth To Earth
- A. death and burial
- B. man's mortality
- C. the changes in seasons
- D. the propitiation of ancestors
- E. the falling od dew-drops.
In these lines from Keats ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
‘The heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense as though of hemlock i had drunk Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains one minute past and Lethe-wards had sunk’,
the poet uses
- A. alternative rhymes
- B. heroic couplet
- C. bank verse
- D. octosyllabic metre
- E. terza rima.
In ‘Salute to the Elephant’, the poet
- A. warns about the danger of elephants
- B. tells the story of Elephants
- C. describes the attributes of the elephants
- D. shows where to find elephants
- E. wants the destructions of elephants
The clouds were thickening in the red sky
And night and charmed
A black power into the pounding waves…’
The figure of speech used in these lines from Kwesi
Brew’s ‘The Sea Eats Our Land’s is
- A. oxymoron
- B. personification
- C. metaphor
- D. simile
- E. synecocdoche.
As the magi journey towards their destination, voices singing in their understand was
- A. worthwhile
- B. uncertain
- C. foolish
- D. wise
- E. commendable.
‘For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp sire’s return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share’.
In these lines from Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a country churchyard’ the poet is referred to
- A. a ployman and the herd
- B. the rich people of the village
- C. the congregation of the church
- D. the politicians
- E. all those buried in the graveyard
Naipaul’s The Middle Passage is best described as
- A. a novel
- B. a tragic play
- C. an autobiography
- D. a satire