As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the images in Adeoti’s Naked Soles change from
- A. pain to grief
- B. sorrow to joy
- C. joy to excitement
- D. inaction to action
This question is based on George Orwell’s Nighteen Eighty-four.
The party seeks power for
- A. its own sake
- B. its members
- C. peoples' sake
- D. the nation
This question is based on George Orwell’s Nighteen Eighty-four.
How did Winston start his rebellion against the state?
- A. By engaging in anti-party activities
- B. When He spied on the party
- C. When He started a secret affair
- D. By keeping a private diary
This question is based on George Orwell’s Nighteen Eighty-four.
The subject matter of the novel is
- A. totalitarian dictatorship
- B. retributive justice
- C. class segregation
- D. exploitation and cruelty
This question is based on George Orwell’s Nighteen Eighty-four.
The Ministry of Peace is concerned with making
- A. weapons
- B. instruments
- C. wars
- D. reconciliation
Rubadiri’s An African Thunderstorm, says that during thunderstorm in the village
- A. children are delighted while women move in and out
- B. children play in the rain
- C. both women and children are delighted
- D. women cook their food.
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood.
The constant companion of Nnaife’s family are
- A. sickness and joblessness
- B. togetherness and happiness
- C. disagreement and humiliation
- D. poverty and hunger
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood.
The medicine man links the lump discovered on Nnu Ego at birth, to the
- A. ill-luck and tragic events attributed to a predestined fate
- B. possession of physical admirable qualities that make her an epitome of perfection
- C. wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadi's wife
- D. coming back of the Agunwa to the society to live again
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood.
In the novel, the society puts high value on
- A. egalitarianism
- B. male ascendency
- C. gender equity
- D. procreation
This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal
In the novel, the colonialists treat the Africans with
- A. indifference
- B. honour
- C. disdain
- D. kid gloves
This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal
Meka can best be described as
- A. an impulsive old man
- B. an old religious bigot
- C. an egocentric old man
- D. a simple hearted old man
This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal
The disagreement betweeen Mvondo and Nti centres on the latter’s claim to have
- A. assisted Meka in getting the medal
- B. been in a whiteman's office
- C. eaten more than his share of the food
- D. eaten the entire entrails of the sheep
This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.
‘I simply don’t understand what’s the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ……
The speaker above is referring to
- A. Hannah and George
- B. Aaron and Maanan
- C. Lawyer B and Mrs. B
- D. Fosuwa and Maidservant
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
According to Cope’s Sonnet VII, poetry is basically
- A. therapeutic
- B. philosophical
- C. inspiring
- D. boring
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
In Elliot’s Journey of the Magi, the magi are aided on their journey by
- A. horses
- B. camels
- C. chariots
- D. donkeys
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
In Lawrence’s Bat, the poet persona mistakes the bats for
- A. swallows
- B. pipistrello
- C. sparrows
- D. owls
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
The poet persona in Marvell’s To His Coy Mistress is willing to praise the ladies eyes for
- A. six decades
- B. two centuries
- C. a century
- D. thirty thousand years
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
The theme of the poem “Give Me The Minstrel’s Seat” centres on
- A. fortune
- B. marriage
- C. companionship
- D. divorce
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
The predominant device in Launko’s End of war is
- A. antithesis
- B. oxymoron
- C. paradox
- D. onomatopoeia
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
In Kunene’s A heritage of liberation, the poet persona requests that the weapon of warfare be handed to their
- A. relations
- B. grand children
- C. families
- D. friends
The figure of speech in which a character makes a statement that has or would have deep and serious implication in the play is
- A. dramatic irony
- B. aside
- C. textual contrast
- D. euphemism