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1

Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh’s The Soul’s Errand through the use of 

  • A. Metaphor
  • B. Alliteration
  • C. repetition
  • D. Antithesis
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2

Fletcher’s Upon An Honest Man’s Fortune achieves its lyrical effect through the use of

  • A. Synecdoche
  • B. Antithesis
  • C. enjambment
  • D. Ballad
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3

In Angira’s Expelled, the poet persona laments the 

  • A. Loss of his property
  • B. Harrowing experiences from the stranger's visit
  • C. presence of the strangers
  • D. Problem of his family and their economic implications
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4
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

This question is based on J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt.

The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is 

  • A. take prostitution
  • B. carry out the nude act
  • C. abandon their husbands
  • D. abandon their children
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5
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

This question is based on J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt.

The play is pre occupied with

  • A. the fight by women to keep their goats
  • B. the evil that oil money breeds
  • C. women liberation from males domination
  • D. Women's protest against men's wickedness
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6
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt

This question is based on J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt.

Characterization in the play is

  • A. economical but effecive
  • B. economical and effective
  • C. elaborate but ineffective
  • D. elaborate and effective
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7
From the novel; Animal farm

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of

  • A. Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
  • B. Jesse, Napoleon and Bluebell
  • C. Boxer, Old Major and Napoleon
  • D. Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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8
From the novel; Animal farm

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

The message of the novel is that 

  • A. capitalism is as bad as communism
  • B. humanism is better than animalism
  • C. communism is better than capitalism
  • D. no society exists where everyone is equal
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9
From the novel; Animal farm

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

The execution of some of the animals on the orders of Napoleon is to

  • A. prevent snowball from coming back to the farm
  • B. make the pigs constitute themselves into special classes
  • C. achieve the pigs socialite goal
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10
From the novel; Animal farm

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to 

 

 

  • A. spur them to action
  • B. entertain them
  • C. display his ability to sing
  • D. teach them how to sing an anthem
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11
From the novel; Witnesses to Tears

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses to Tears.

The novel is largely set in 

  • A. Futa Toro
  • B. Sabonville city
  • C. Alligator city
  • D. Nuclear city
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12
From the novel; Witnesses to Tears

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses to Tears.

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are 

  • A. Saahir and Lahab
  • B. Lahab and Hussaina
  • C. Lahab and Sagiir
  • D. Al-Amin and Hussaina
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13
From the novel; Witnesses to Tears

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, Al-Amin’s initial reservations about his daughter’s engagement to Lahab are dormed by

  • A. a premonition of his death
  • B. Lahab's doubtful morality
  • C. Hussaina's immaturity
  • D. his fear of loneliness
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14
From the novel; Twelfth Night

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?

  • A. Love at first sight
  • B. Unrequited love
  • C. Illusion and reality
  • D. Humor and Tragedy
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15
From the novel; Twelfth Night

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life’s

  • A. fragility
  • B. pleasure
  • C. comedy
  • D. romance
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16
From the novel; Twelfth Night

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

‘I’ll do my best
To woo your lady.’
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

  • A. That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
  • B. That her best is good enough to win affection
  • C. That she herself becomes the beloved
  • D. That she herself wins the love
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17
From the novel; Twelfth Night

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

DUKE:… Thou know’st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped? 

  • A. The book of his relationship with Olivia
  • B. The secret of his soul
  • C. The details of his relationship with Viola
  • D. The details of his relationship with Olivia
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18
From the novel; Twelfth Night

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by 

  • A. the idea of love
  • B. the food of love
  • C. music
  • D. entertainment
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19
From the novel; Twelfth Night

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

‘She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair’ The statement above characterizes 

  • A. Maria
  • B. Olivia
  • C. Roderigo
  • D. Viola
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20
From the novel; Morountodun

This question is based on Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.

The stage direction at the end of the play reveals 

  • A. the actors in a changing room
  • B. Mama Kayode raising the song of hope
  • C. Moremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight
  • D. the Director making a farewell speech
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21
From the novel; Morountodun

This question is based on Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.

The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as 

  • A. dramatic epilogue
  • B. dramatic monologue
  • C. role-playing
  • D. flashback
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