‘And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.‘
In the lines above, Tom is warm because he
- A. is working indoors
- B. is wearing warm clothes
- C. is doing his duty
- D. has just woken from sleep
The part of a play when climax approaches is known as
- A. Catastasis
- B. Catharsis
- C. protasis
- D. Epitasis
Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning’
The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes
- A. insanity
- B. wickedness
- C. lawlessness
- D. isolation
A panegyric poem is composed to
- A. condemn
- B. elaborate
- C. abuse
- D. praise
Cast in a play refers to
- A. three of the actors
- B. a few of the actors
- C. an exclusive social class in the play
- D. all the actors
‘As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls, to go
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
The breadth goes now, and some say, “No”.’
John Donne: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
The tone of this poem is generally
- A. conversational
- B. imaginative
- C. serious
- D. appreciative
The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and
- A. sympathy
- B. terror
- C. horror
- D. frustration
Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?
- A. Aroma
- B. Poetry
- C. Drama
- D. Prose
Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated in an instance is
- A. paradox
- B. parody
- C. parallelism
- D. metonymy
The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer’s mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called
- A. psycho-consciousness styles
- B. narrator's mind style
- C. shifting style
- D. stream of consciousness
This question is based on BAT.
Read the excerpt and answer the question:
“Bat!
Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down.”
The theme of this excerpt is____
- A. All of the above
- B. the poet's right to Individual choice
- C. the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
- D. the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
The process of creating characters and endowing them with certain attitude is ……
- A. Action
- B. Character
- C. Characterization
- D. Dramatis personae
A limerick has
- A. ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
- B. formal and elaborate style and humour
- C. humour,rhyme scheme and five lines
- D. a stinging climax, rhyme scheme, and five lines
Use the quotation below to answer this question.
Basha: You dumb skull of a bone head…you will face court martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu.
The person being addressed above is a
- A. soldier
- B. lawyer
- C. student
- D. domestic servant
This question is based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters.
Where does the play take place?
- A. In Ofosu's place
- B. On the street
- C. In George's place
- D. In aunt's house
This question is based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters.
The traditional order in the play is represented by
- A. Mrs. B
- B. Aunt
- C. Hannah
- D. Maanan
This question is based on J.C. De Graft’s Sons and Daughters.
Maanan expresses dislike for lawyer B because of
- A. the betrayal of his wife's trust
- B. the betrayal of her father's trust
- C. his condemnation of her choice of career
- D. his recent advances towards her
This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Romeo is banished from Mantua because he
- A. kills Tybalt in a street's duel
- B. marries Juliet without parental consent
- C. attends Capulet's party uninvited
- D. attempts to kill Paris, his rival
This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
The spatial setting of the play is
- A. Athens
- B. Venice
- C. Padua
- D. Verona
This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
‘O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!’
The statement above refers to
- A. Juliet
- B. Romeo
- C. Benvoli
- D. Tybalt
This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
The play is mostly written in
- A. metres
- B. foot
- C. blank verse
- D. free verse