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From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES REVOLT.

“Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______

  • A. front of the veranda of Okoro's house
  • B. the-kitchen, upstairs
  • C. Okoro’s front yard, down stage
  • D. the direction of the kitchen, off stage
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From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES’ REVOLT.

In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?

  • A. Cure cross-piece
  • B. Hurt their husbands
  • C. Forestall reconciliation
  • D. Seeks peace
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From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

The question is based on J.P Clark’s WIVES’ REVOLT.

In the play the central idea is that gender equity_______?

  • A. both undesirable and unattainable
  • B. desirable and unattainable
  • C. attainable and desirable
  • D. obnoxious and desirable
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From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

The question is based on George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

Room 101 symbolises a place of________???

  • A. rest
  • B. fun
  • C. humiliation
  • D. torture
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From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

The question is based on George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

The novel can be described as__________?

  • A. optimistic
  • B. antagonistic
  • C. persuasive
  • D. pessimistic
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From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

The question is based on George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winston’s dreams of________?

  • A. internal security
  • B. wealth and capitalism
  • C. freedom and democracy
  • D. sovereignty forestall reconciliation
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From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four

The question is based on George Orwell’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

The novel draws a picture of______?

  • A. useless past
  • B. a totalitarian future
  • C. an unstable moment
  • D. a peaceful atmosphere
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A “chapter” in a piece of drama is a

  • A. act
  • B. scene
  • C. setting
  • D. dialogue
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What is the narrator of a poem called?

  • A. author
  • B. speaker
  • C. narrator
  • D. Voice
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An act of speaking one’s thought aloud by oneself, regardless of any hearer, in a play is known as____________

  • A. metaphor
  • B. fable
  • C. comedy
  • D. soliloquy
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______is a subdivision of a poem?

  • A. sentence
  • B. lines
  • C. stanza
  • D. rhyme
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Which element of drama tells the actor what to do?

  • A. dialogue
  • B. stage directions
  • C. cast
  • D. scenes
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Define “rhyme”?

  • A. comparing two things using “like” or “as”
  • B. the repetition of a letter
  • C. the repetition of an ending sound
  • D. the repetition of vowel sounds
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”Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind” illustrates_________

  • A. inversion
  • B. paradox
  • C. humor
  • D. mood
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What structure is poetry written in?

  • A. sentences and paragraphs
  • B. sentences and stanzas
  • C. lines and paragraphs
  • D. lines and stanzas
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A “sub-chapter” in a piece of drama is a______________

  • A. Act
  • B. Setting
  • C. Verse
  • D. Scene
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_____________refers to time and place of a drama?

  • A. place
  • B. scene
  • C. setting
  • D. act
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In drama, the antagonist is_____________

  • A. the director of the drama
  • B. the evil witch
  • C. the character opposing the lead character
  • D. the “harsh guy
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A folk-tale is a__________?

  • A. Novel
  • B. Work Of Fiction
  • C. Biography
  • D. Novelette
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These elements are sections of text within a chapter, they are separated and contain dialogue_____________

  • A. Syncopation
  • B. Free Verse
  • C. Paragraphs
  • D. Euphony
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This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles_____________

  • A. Paragraph
  • B. Theme
  • C. Chapters
  • D. Characters
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