Based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,
The major role of Mercutio in the play is to
- A. serve as a contrast to Romeo
- B. accompany Romeo to Friar Lawrence
- C. aid and abet Romeo's passion
- D. annoy Tybalt
“The all seeing sun
Ne’er saw match since first the world begun.”
Based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet,
The lines above were spoken by
- A. Count Paris in praise of Juliet
- B. Romeo in praise of Juliet
- C. Romeo in praise of Roseline
- D. Lady Capulet in praise of Roseline
“O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
A rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear.”
Based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, from the lines above, Juliet’s beauty is presented
- A. in contrast to the dark night
- B. as a source of envy to all
- C. in terms of riches
- D. as being outstanding
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life…”
Based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the lines above suggests that the tragedy in the play
- A. could have been averted
- B. is predestined
- C. is brought on enmity
- D. brought misfortune on the lovers
“If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle”
Based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that
- A. Maanan is trying to compromise
- B. Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan
- C. James sees Awere as a bad influence
- D. Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her husband
“If you touch me,I shall smash your face with this bottle”
Based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters,The statement above is made by
- A. Manaan to lawyer B
- B. Manaan to Mrs Bonu
- C. James to Awere
- D. Awere to Aaron
Based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters:
From the play, George is a
- A. laboratory assistant
- B. pharmacist
- C. nurse
- D. medical doctor
Based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters:
Who is the paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan?
- A. Mrs Bonu
- B. Hannah
- C. Fosuwa
- D. Adwao
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
“I cannot rest from travel: I will
drink
Life to the lees, all times I have
enjoyed
Greatly, have suffered greatly”
A.L. Tennyson:Ulysses
The lines above inform the reader that the poet
- A. is determined to suffer
- B. has his poetic imagination kindled
- C. will cure his sour mood
- D. will not drink much
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
….They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests…”
J.P. Clark:Casualties
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through
- A. metaphor
- B. personification
- C. synedoche
- D. metonym
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
“The drums overwhelmed the guns…”
J.P Clark: Casualties
The poet in the excerpt above uses
- A. litotes
- B. symbolism
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. alliteration
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
“Serrated shadows, through dark leaves
Til, bathed in warm suffusion of your
dapped cells
Sensation pained me, faceless, silent
as night thieves.”
Wole Soyinka: Night
The dominant mood in the lines above is one of
- A. apprehension
- B. defiance
- C. joy
- D. indifference
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
“Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth”
Wole Soyinka:Night
Night children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of
- A. birds
- B. armed robbers
- C. animals
- D. spirit beings
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
….How can i look at Oyo and say i
hate long shiny cars? How can i
come to the children and despise
international schools?
And Koomson comes, and the
family sees Jesus Christ in him….
The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of
- A. anger
- B. alienation
- C. hope
- D. despair
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That board, and sleep, and feed….
The lines above show that the speaker
- A. detects discrimination
- B. is desirous of adventure
- C. hates his old wife
- D. knows much of his city men
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
The old man slept in his favourite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poem above is
- A. bbaa
- B. aabb
- C. abab
- D. baba
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
“What eyes will watch our large mouths
Shaped by the laughter of big children
What eyes will watch our large mouths?”
Birage Diop:Vanity
The tone of the lines above is one of
- A. sarcasm
- B. sacrilege
- C. chiasmus
- D. eulogy
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
O! Ceremony,show me but thy worth What is thy soul of adoration
The figure of speech in the lines above is
- A. antithesis
- B. invocation
- C. personification
- D. apostrophe
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The main aim of caricature is to
- A. describe
- B. expose
- C. emphasize
- D. ridicule
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is
- A. euphemism
- B. synedoche
- C. catharsis
- D. oxymoron
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A fable is a story in which
- A. allegations are made about characters
- B. animals or things are used as characters
- C. there is an important setting
- D. the story is told in poetic form