Literature Past Questions And Answers
The dominant literary device in the poem is
- A. personification
- B. simile
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. alliteration
NON —AFRICAN POETRY
Comment on the errand of the soul in "The Soul's Errand".
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- A. Anamnesis
- B. Anagnorisis
- C. Hamartia
- D. Hubris
The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is
- A. couplet
- B. sextet
- C. octave
- D. quatrain
This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
The only two sons of Meka die fighting for
- A. independence
- B. the colonialists
- C. the church
- D. their people
A patter of beats to denote movement in poetry is
- A. refrain
- B. rhyme
- C. scansion
- D. metre
A play in which characters act through gestures and facial expressions is a _______
- A. pantomime
- B. burlesque
- C. melodrama
- D. farce
A poet‘s use of regular rhythm is known as _______?
- A. allegory
- B. assonance
- C. metre
- D. onomatopoeia
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and
- A. terror
- B. horror
- C. frustration
- D. sympathy
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
'o' deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!
Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince, Taking thy part,
hath rushed aside the law And turned that black word....'
Deadly sin refers to the
- A. suicide of Romeo
- B. Murder of Paris
- C. murder of tybalt
- D. suicide of Juliet