Orlando addressed the banished duke and his men roughly because
- A. he was hungry
- B. he was greedy
- C. he was afraid
- D. he thought they were wild
- E. they refuse to give him food.
Ananse knew who loved his daughter most through
- A. the quality of gifts they sent to him
- B. the eagerness which each showed to marry her
- C. thier reactions to the news of Anansewa's death
- D. the words of thier messengers
- E. the letters the chief wrote to them.
In the novel The Narrow Parth because Kofi’s father was a headmaster, kofi
- A. wore shoe to school
- B. started school early
- C. went to school when he liked
- D. wasn rude to his teachers
- E. was very popular with the school children
Kofi had to live under a master and go to school in keta because
- A. his mothr lived in keta
- B. his father was transfer ti abor
- C. he lost his school fees to gamblers
- D. his father's school was a junior school
- E. his father wanted to punish him.
The night has been unruly. Where we lay. Our chimneys were blown down; and as they say lamentings heard i’th’air; strange screams of death And prophesying with accents terrible. Of dire combustion and confessed events. New hatch’d to the woeful time. The obscure bird Clamour’d the livelong night: some say the earth was feverous and did shake. This is the night .
- A. when Banquo was murdered
- B. before macbeth was killed
- C. when the duncan and his men were fighting the enemy
- D. when macbeth went to see the witches
- E. when duncan was murdered.
In zambia shall be free Kaunda describes his father as
- A. erratic
- B. a political agitator
- C. wicked
- D. unlucky
- E. strict.
The difficulties of his early life taught Kaunda the value of
- A. self interest
- B. economy
- C. changing jobs
- D. self help
- E. political protest
There is a devil in me that wants things i cannot get’ The speaker in the novel Mine boy’ is
- A. Lena
- B. Drunk Liz
- C. Malsey
- D. Paddy
- E. Eliza.
The main purpose of drama is to
- A. tell the story of dead people
- B. teach us how to write
- C. educate us
- D. entertain us
- E. both educate and entertain us.
One of the differences between tragedy and comedy is
- A. there is humour in comedy but not in tragedy
- B. there id suffering in tragedy but not in comedy
- C. there is feasting in comedy but not in tragedy
- D. there is a happy ending in comedy but not in tragedy
- E. none of the above
One of themes of As You Like It Is
- A. life in the forest
- B. wrestling matches
- C. disguise
- D. the meaning of true love
- E. banishment.
One of the themes of macbeth is
- A. how to become a thene
- B. the prophecy of the weird sisters
- C. the fight with the macduff
- D. the defect of evil by good
- E. the death of duncan.
Which one of the following is true of Lady Macbeth?
- A. She is wicked and hates her husband
- B. She tells lies against Duncan
- C. She does not receive Duncan Warmly
- D. She conspires with those guiding Duncan
- E. She is a loving wife to her husband
Kongi’s Harvest
- A. Kongi is a democratic ruler
- B. Kongi is a socialist
- C. Kongi is a dictator
- D. Kongi is a respecter of tradition
- E. none of the above
A woman cried out.The policeman who was edging nearer had been joined by another.Both were edging nearer.Carefully and slowly.But it was not that that had made the woman cry out.She had seen one of the men’s hand slip.He was now holding on by one hand only.The crowd was tense.This was the Kill.Automatically they moved forward in a body.The doctor was in the lead.
The author of this passage creates in the reader
- A. disbelief
- B. a feeling of nostalgia
- C. a feeling of light hearted relaxation
- D. suspense
- E. unconcern
The woods decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapors weep their burden to the ground,
Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,
And after many a summer dies the swan.
The theme of these lines is
- A. the falling of leaves
- B. the ground on which the leaves fall
- C. man as a farmer
- D. the power of death over every life
- E. the flight of birds in certain reasons
Kenneth Kaunda’s Zambia Shall Be Free is a non-fictional work because
- A. it is about politics
- B. it has no characters
- C. it evokes no feelings
- D. it is not written by a novelist
- E. it deals with real life events
Our attitude to the hero of George Elliot’s Sill Marner is one of
- A. contempt
- B. fear
- C. sympathy
- D. hatred
- E. none of the above
In a ‘Portrait’, a poet writes:
At mankind’s feast,i take my place
In solemn,sanctimonious state,
And have the air of saying grace
While i defile the dinner plate.
The tone of this passage may be described as
- A. solemn
- B. self-mocking
- C. dead earnest
- D. serious
- E. angry
Peter Abraham’s Mine Boy is about one of the following
- A. opression through labour
- B. the dignity of labour
- C. happy childhood
- D. conflict of the culture
- E. none of the above
We returned to our places,these kingdoms ,
But no longer at ease here,in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their goods.
I should be glad of another death.
The author of these lines is
- A. W.B. Yeats
- B. Chinua Achebe
- C. Thomas Hardy
- D. T.S. Elliot
- E. E.G. Okara