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A foil in drama is also known as
- A. flat character
- B. protagonist
- C. round character
- D. antagonist
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A couplet refers to
- A. two successive lines of rhyming verse
- B. two stanzas that cannot stand alone
- C. four irregular verses in stanzas
- D. poetry that is actd on stage
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A denouement in a play
- A. causes conflicts
- B. creates conflicts
- C. resolves conflicts
- D. creates catastrophe
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The line ‘under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres’ in Osundare’s ‘They Too are the Earth’ is a good example of
- A. alliteration
- B. metonymy
- C. contrast
- D. similitude
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‘Nightfall! Nightfall!
You are my mortal enemy’.
The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali’s ‘Nightfall inSoweto’ is
- A. an ode
- B. allusion
- C. apostrophe
- D. dramatic
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In Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’, the Duke complains that his wife is
- A. a snob
- B. a coquette
- C. a spendthrift
- D. disrespectful
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The Duke’s precious gift to the Duchess in Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess ‘is
- A. his family name
- B. a wedding ring
- C. his aristocratic class
- D. the title of a Duchess
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Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is a
- A. lamentation over a dead friend
- B. lamentation over the passing of life
- C. reflection on the passing of life
- D. reflection on nature
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The Owl is used by Ojaide in this poem as a
- A. metaphor
- B. symbol
- C. simile
- D. satire
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The recurrent nightmares in Ojaide’s ‘The Owl Wakes Us’ suggest
- A. a dreamful existence
- B. anxieties destroying peaceful sleep
- C. repression in governance
- D. broken promises
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The villains in this poem by Osundara are
- A. the beggars sprawled in gutters
- B. those who squander the wealth of the earth
- C. the thousands buried alive
- D. the people who die in abandon
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Osundare’s ‘They Too are the Earth’ can be interpreted as
- A. a defence of the underprivileged
- B. an apology for the affluent
- C. a song of sorrow
- D. a reaction against labour
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The most dominant pair of poetic device in Mtshall’s ‘Nightfall in Soweto’is
- A. simile and repetition
- B. rhythm and metaphor
- C. metaphor and alliteration
- D. repetition and personification
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In Rubadiri’s ‘Stanley Meets Mutesa’ the king receives the explorer with
- A. suspicion
- B. delight
- C. optimism
- D. relief
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‘Red booth, Red pillar-box Red double-tiered Omnibus squelching tar. It was real!….’
These lines from Soyinka’s ‘Telephone Conversation show that the poet
- A. appreciates the environment of his experience
- B. is insensitive to his experience
- C. is unable to believe his experience
- D. believes both his environment and experience
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Okigbo’s ‘Hurrah for Thunder’is a prophetic poem because it
- A. correctly predicts the end of those who abuse power
- B. predicts the coming of military rulers
- C. pictures the return of politicians to the scene
- D. picture the poet going to hell
This question is based on Ernest Hermingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
One of the universal themes of the novel is the
- A. selfishness of man against his own enviroment
- B. relationship between man and nature
- C. great struggle between the old man and the fish
- D. connection of the sea to human greed
This question is based on Ernest Hermingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
”’I wish the boy was here…”’
The old man’s cry demonstrates
- A. a desperation for productivity
- B. bitterness
- C. humiliation
- D. a yearning for human brotherhood
This question is based on Ernest Hermingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
The struggle between the old man and the fish symbolizes
- A. the blood thirsty nature of sharks
- B. man's refusal to grow old
- C. man's struggle for survival in a harsh world
- D. the uncertainty of life in a cruel world
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen.
To raise the reader’s anxiety about the story, the author sometimes
- A. stops the main story to narrate other events
- B. creates a lot of funny episodes
- C. puts too many difficulties in Adah's way
- D. shows that Francis is weaks
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen.
In Adah’s view, the white society in the novel is one in which
- A. there is communal feeling
- B. neighbourliness is lacking
- C. neighbours live happily
- D. members are unifriendly