What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________

• A. use of creative imagination
• B. exposition of human experiences
• C. communication of ideas
• D. portrayal of places

Based on General Literary Principles

'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is

• A. an apostrophe
• B. an allegory
• C. a poetic license
• D. a rhetoric

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the extract below and answer the question

His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.

''.....put a sword in the heart of the land'' implies

• A. murder
• B. danger
• C. strife
• D. destruction.

SECTION F: NON-AFRICAN PROSE

HORACE WALPOLE: The Castle of Otranto

Comment on the evil that befalls Prince Manfred.

NON-AFRICAN POETRY

How does Houseman present the theme of death in the poem To an Athlete Dying Young?

''Peter's pretty partner paid the bills'' is an example of

• A. alliteration
• B. rhyme
• C. satire
• D. digression

Read the extract below and answer question

X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;

Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;

So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;

And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me

On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...

(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)

Speaker X's speech can be described as a

• A. satire
• B. conceit
• C. paradox
• D. parody

In drama, catharsis is the

• A. change of setting
• B. conflict between two characters
• C. resolution of conflict
• D. purgation of emotion from tension

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'There was something very disturbing about his features today, there was something which suggested an untidiness of a sort rather like a cotton dress washed in salty water and worn until it reeks of human sweet. There was something very vulnerable about his looks, something quite restless.

Nuruddin Farah, 'Sweet and Sour Milk'

The passage above illustrates the use of

• A. climax
• B. deus ex machina
• C. trance
• D. suspense

Based on General Literary Principles.

Persona refers to the

• A. central character in a play
• B. voice of the character
• C. the image a character presents
• D. the personality of a character