Dramatis personae refers to ________
- A. audience
- B. characters
- C. chorus
- D. cast
In a literary work, the foil is one who ________
- A. Complements another character
- B. contrasts with another character
- C. introduces the conflict
- D. resolves the conflict
Characterization refers to __________
- A. how characters are grouped
- B. the readers' opinions of the characters
- C. how characters are depicted
- D. the roles played by the character
A play in which characters act through gestures and facial expressions is a _______
- A. pantomime
- B. burlesque
- C. melodrama
- D. farce
Read the poem and answer the following question:
Here she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood;
Who as soon as fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewings, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.
The, rhyme pattern is ______
- A. abc abc
- B. aa bb cc
- C. ab ab cc
- D. aa bc bc
Read the poem and answer the following question:
Here she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood;
Who as soon as fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewings, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.
The persona’s mood is one of ________
- A. anger
- B. admiration
- C. indifference
- D. joy
Read the poem and answer questions 13 to 15.
Here she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood;
Who as soon fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewings, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.
The poem is about a/an ___________
- A. flower
- B. old woman
- C. little child
- D. traveller
We live to die, we die to live is an example of _________
- A. paradox
- B. hyperbole
- C. inversion
- D. Oxymoron
Here lie I, Martin Eliginbrodde
Have mercy on my soul, Lord Gแปd
The extract above illustrates ______
- A. epitaph
- B. elegy
- C. ballad
- D. dirge
Milton! thou should’st be living at this hour.
The literary device used in the line above is _________
- A. aside
- B. apostrophe
- C. soliloquy
- D. suspense
Poetic licence is a term applied to a poet’s _______
- A. choice of word
- B. choice of characters
- C. restrictions in the use of language
- D. freedom in the use of language
A scene in fiction enacting past events is __________
- A. allusion
- B. foreshadow
- C. flashback
- D. interlude
A character whose actions are predictable in a literary work is _________
- A. round characte
- B. a flat character
- C. the hero
- D. the villain
The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ________
- A. personification
- B. alliteration
- C. assonance
- D. paradox
An elegy is a poem of ________
- A. mourning
- B. complain
- C. hope
- D. joy
The introductory part of a play, a novel or a poem is the ________
- A. epilogue
- B. plot
- C. setting
- D. prologue
He is a citizen of no mean city illustrates _________
- A. bathos
- B. euphemism
- C. metonymy
- D. litotes
A short account of an interesting event is ________
- A. a tale.
- B. an anecdote
- C. an episode.
- D. a story
A literary work which is intended to teach a moral lesson is __________
- A. romantic
- B. didactic
- C. mimetic
- D. moralistic.
Section A: AFRICAN DRAMA
FRANK OGODO OGBECHE – Harvest of Corruption
Consider any three dramatic elements used to develop the plot.
Section A: AFRICAN DRAMA
FRANK OGODO OGBECHE – Harvest of Corruption
How is ACP Yakubu presented in the play?