This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
‘Lift not the painted veil which those who live call
life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread – behind, lurk fear,’
P.B Shelley, Sonnet.
The stanza above is an example of a
- A. quatrain
- B. couplet
- C. free verse
- D. limerick
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
‘Careened,
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched,
I swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears
The tone of the poet is
- A. optimistic
- B. supplicatory
- C. sympathetic
- D. piteous
The diction of Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun can be described as
- A. political and rhetorical
- B. arrogant and condemnatory
- C. urgent but apolitical
- D. poetic but difficult
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Oswald Mtshali’s ‘Nightfall in Soweto’, night
- A. drives man's enemy
- B. fools man's enemy
- C. hides man's enemy
- D. aids man's enemy
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
‘The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way;
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.’
In the lines above from Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’, the imagery is
- A. of an approaching night in a rustic setting
- B. about a village under a curfew one night
- C. of an approaching death in a village
- D. of a man abandoned in his homeward journey
John Keats’ ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ expresses the idea that
- A. the Grecian Urn is ancient
- B. the Grecian Urn is mysterious
- C. every work of art is beautiful
- D. life is long, art is longer
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Rubadiri”s ” Stanley Meets Mutesa”, the poet portrays the hardship experienced by the explorer’s party through
- A. visual and verbal images
- B. visual and tactile images
- C. olfactory and visual images
- D. auditory and olfactory images
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
Browning’s My Last Duchess apparently shows the Duke’s
- A. hatred for common love
- B. desire to marry beautiful women
- C. appreciation of works of art
- D. praise of Fra Pandolf
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
The major theme of Thomas Gray”s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is that death renders life
- A. meaningless for the rich
- B. meaningful for the poor
- C. meaningless for all
- D. meaningful for all
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
From the tone of Wole Soyinka’s ‘Telephone Conversation’, the two persons talking hold each other in
- A. mutual suspicion
- B. deep affection
- C. high esteem
- D. outright contempt
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Mapanje’s When This Carnival Finally Closes’, the poet is describing the
- A. role of spirits in a carnival
- B. preparation for a carnival
- C. role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
- D. role of sycophancy and bad leadership
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
Tanure Ojaide’s The Owl Wakes Us portrays a society that is
- A. unstable
- B. hunted by the owl
- C. gripped with fear
- D. peaceful
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
The theme of Browning’s My Last Duchess’ is
- A. an aristocrats's marital problems
- B. the pitfalls of a duchess now dead
- C. an ambassador's personal life
- D. the pride and arrogance of an aristocrat
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique in which both the stage and the auditorium are involved in a lay production is called
- A. theatre of the absurd
- B. role-playing
- C. audience participation
- D. total theatre
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a
- A. diary
- B. novel
- C. novella
- D. short story
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Catharsis is experienced
- A. after one has written a play
- B. when a play is still being staged
- C. before watching a play
- D. after watching a play
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A farce refers to a drama that has elements of the
- A. serious
- B. comic
- C. satiric
- D. tragic
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called
- A. tragedy
- B. nemesis
- C. catharsis
- D. hubris
The flat character in a literary work
- A. is the same as the round character
- B. cannot be found in an allegory
- C. is capable of growing
- D. always embodies a quality
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The literary device which anticipates that an event will take place is best described as
- A. foreshadowing
- B. rising action
- C. flashback
- D. parody
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The most important concepts in poetry are
- A. story and action
- B. plot and rhythm
- C. rhythm and imagery
- D. plot and character