This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
‘… It is not yet dawn
And we wake from one nightmare
To another.’
In these lines from Ojaide’s “The Owl Wake Us”, the mood is that of a
- A. terrifying dream
- B. seemingly endless night
- C. vicious cycle of oppression
- D. persona's experience
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The dominant images in Niyi Osundare’s “They Too are the Earth” are
- A. disease, illness and death
- B. aristocracy, affluence and wealth
- C. poverty, suffering and the downtrodden
- D. greed aristocracy and the ambitious
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The stanza form of Mapanje’s “When this Carnival Finally Closes” is
- A. a sonnet
- B. an irregular verse
- C. an address
- D. a free verse
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The pervasive mood of the speaker in Mtshali’s ‘Nightfall in Soweto’ is that of
- A. elation and joy
- B. terror and insecurity
- C. darkness and threat
- D. celebration and freedom
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
David Rubadiri’s “Stanley meets Mutesa” symbolically describes the meeting between
- A. a black king and a white man
- B. Stanley and Mutesa
- C. the West and Africa
- D. Europe and a black king
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Wole Soyinka’s “Telephone Conversation,” the dominant literary technique deployed is
- A. alliteration
- B. onomatopeia
- C. oxymoron
- D. simile
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
‘My bottom raven black-one moment madam!- sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap’
The extract above from Wole Soyinka’s “Telephone Conversation” shows the friction between
- A. madam and receiver
- B. tenant and telephone
- C. landlady and tenant
- D. receiver and thunderclap
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
“Hurrah for Thunder” by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to
- A. beware of the animals in the jungle
- B. beware of the effects of thunder
- C. condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
- D. be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power
The skeleton of the fish is brought by the shore to
- A. draw sympathy for the old man
- B. show the old man's fruitless effort
- C. show that the skeleton itself is useful
- D. mock the misadventure of the old man
The author’s thematic concern is
- A. the boy's assistance to the man
- B. life in a fishing community
- C. the achievements of the old man
- D. the ability to rise above defeat
The plot of the novel revolves around
- A. the adventure of a great fish
- B. a man's adventure on the sea
- C. a man's fight with a great fish
- D. a boy's fight with a great fish
The novel is set in the
- A. white peaks of the Canary Islands
- B. fishing coast of Havana
- C. fishing coast of Cienfuegos
- D. fishing village of Casablanca
‘The old man was dreaming about the lions’ suggests that he is
- A. going to hunt lions
- B. still determined and hopeful
- C. afraid of future struggle
- D. about to enter new jungles
The old man’s experience is a lesson in
- A. endurance and hardwork
- B. happiness and reliance
- C. indolence and regret
- D. achievement and celebration
Adah’s sojourn in London reveals that
- A. marriage is an equal partnership between spouses
- B. her marriege improves
- C. Francis is a hardworking man
- D. the plight of the black woman does not change
For her act of child neglect, Adah’s mother was forced by the police to
- A. taste raw and black pepper
- B. sleep in solitary cell
- C. drink a bowl of garri
- D. pay a fine of ten shillings
The novel is an expose of the
- A. pre-eminent position of boys in lgboland
- B. experiences of Adah's mother in the police cell
- C. travails of the girl-child
- D. marriage customs of the lgbo
The friendship between Laye and Marie lasted because
- A. they were schoolmates
- B. they had mutual respect for each other
- C. his uncle approved of her
- D. Marie was a beautiful girl
The most important objects in the hut are the
- A. prayer rugs
- B. implements used in the workshop
- C. tool-boxes of Camara's father
- D. pots containing the magic charms
The success of the novel lies in the author’s
- A. realistic portrayal of Laye's courtship with Marie
- B. effective use of sociological and fictional materials
- C. recreation of an African childhood in Conakry
- D. use of traditional elements for colour
Two major elements of the diction in the play are the
- A. scenes and roles of characters
- B. political and educational background of players
- C. gender and class of the speakers
- D. status and emotion of the speakers