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From the novel; Invisible Man

NON-AFRICAN PROSE: INVISIBLE MAN

How does the advive of the narrator’s grandfather influence his actions?

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107
From the novel; Unexpected Joy at Dawn

AFRICAN PROSE: UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN
Consider the contribution of Massa and Marshak to the development of the plot?

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108
From the novel; Unexpected Joy at Dawn

AFRICAN PROSE: UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN

What impression do you form of Mama Orojo?

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109
From the novel; Second Class Citizen

AFRICAN PROSE: SECOND CLASS CITIZEN
Why does Mr Noble find it difficult to evict his tenants?

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From the novel; Second Class Citizen

AFRICAN PROSE: SECOND CLASS CITIZEN

Examine the contributions of Adah’s first day at the Methodist school to the development of the plot.

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111

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question: 
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne’er alter, till thy sweet life end!

Thy love ne’er alter, till thy sweet life end.’ implies

  • A. an enduring love
  • B. a family love
  • C. an undying love
  • D. a fickle love
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112

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question: 
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne’er alter, till thy sweet life end!

Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, illustrates the use of

  • A. alliteration
  • B. onomatopoeia
  • C. assonance
  • D. personification
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113

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question: 
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne’er alter, till thy sweet life end!

The speaker and the addressee are

  • A. father and daughter
  • B. master and servant
  • C. lovers
  • D. friends
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114

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question: 
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne’er alter, till thy sweet life end!

The speech is made in

  • A. Oberon's place
  • B. the woods
  • C. the Queen's palace
  • D. Theseus' palace
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115

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Read the extract below and answer the question: 
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne’er alter, till thy sweet life end!

The speaker is
 

  • A. Hermia
  • B. Helena
  • C. Hippolyta
  • D. Tatiana
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116

Seven metrical feet in a line of a stanza is

  • A. hexametre
  • B. heptametre
  • C. septet
  • D. triolet
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117

A short poem lamenting the death of someone is

  • A. an ode
  • B. a threnody
  • C. a sonnet
  • D. an epic
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118

The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is

  • A. quatrain
  • B. octave
  • C. sextet
  • D. couplet
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119

Resolution in a literary work is also referred to as

  • A. events that increase action
  • B. final outcome
  • C. the complication
  • D. event that increases tension
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120

A character that is built around a single idea or quality is a _______ character.

  • A. heroic
  • B. flat
  • C. choral
  • D. sound
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121

A fable is also known as

  • A. an apologue
  • B. an epigram
  • C. a farce
  • D. a parody
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122

Jonsey’s speech Your mayoral hopeful is addressed to

  • A. the audience
  • B. Bassey
  • C. no one
  • D. himself
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123

Bassy is a ____ in the play.

  • A. narrator
  • B. director
  • C. producer
  • D. character
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124

Read the extract below and answer the following question:

(In the Town Hall)
Jonsey: (By himself, centre right, looking sulky) How does anyone keep faith with himself In such an ill-made place?
Bassy, Ba-a-ssy!
Bassy: Here. Anything the matter?
Jonsey: (Moves front stage centre right) Your mayoral hopeful.

In the Town hall is the

  • A. setting
  • B. location
  • C. atmosphere
  • D. stage
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125

Read the extract below and answer the following question:

(In the Town Hall)
Jonsey: (By himself, centre right, looking sulky) How does anyone keep faith with himself In such an ill-made place?
Bassy, Ba-a-ssy!
Bassy: Here. Anything the matter?
Jonsey: (Moves front stage centre right) Your mayoral hopeful.

Jonsey’s opening speech illustrates

  • A. epilogue
  • B. soliloquy
  • C. mime
  • D. aside
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Read the extract and answer the following question.

As wagish boys in a game themselves forswear;
So the boy Love is perjured everywhere;
For ere Demetrius looked on Hermia’s eyne,
He hailed down oaths that he was only mine;
And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,
So he dissolved and showers of oaths did melt

 

The speaker resolves to tell

  • A. Lysander of Hermia's infidelity
  • B. Demetrius of Hermia's flight
  • C. Egeus of Hermia's flight
  • D. Theseus of Hermia's infidelity
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