The literary device used in the passage above is

• A. onomatopoeia
• B. parallelism
• C. metaphor
• D. simile

A unique feature of a state is

• A. information
• B. anarchy
• C. organized laws
• D. direct democracy

A lens that is thinner at the middle and thicher at the edges is

• A. diverging
• B. converging
• C. plano-convex
• D. converging meniscus

After the sentence, a list of possible interpretations of all or part of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for the sentence.

Ugonna passed his examinations with flying colours. This means Ugonna

• A. did very well
• B. wore cloths of different colours
• C. was helped to pass the examination
• D. cheated to pass the examination

Lines and stanzas are to poetry as action and dialogue are to

• A. music
• B. prose
• C. fiction
• D. drama

An important function of the legislature is

• A. judicial review
• B. review of executive
• C. defending government policies
• D. lobbying

A____ of peacocks

• A. ships
• B. fleet
• C. buttocks
• D. muster

The following are types of errors in programming except?

• A. grammar error.
• B. syntax error.
• C. logic error.
• D. arithmetic error.

(a) Define opinion poll.

(b) State five factors that make the conduct of public opinion unreliable in West Africa.

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; 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 Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

In Robert Frost's 'Wild Grapes', the girl's brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to

• A. make his sister have her fill
• B. allow himself time-in-between to eat
• C. make his sister desire to climb the tree
• D. allow hinself to have some fun