In his judgement over the elders,Ovonramwen reveals his preference for

• A. diplomacy
• B. intimidation
• C. loyalty
• D. consensus

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge. The goal of the novel is to expose the

• A. effect of poverty on human behaviour
• B. life of debauchery of farmers and sailors
• C. predicament of women
• D. influence of environment and morality in human conduct

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

'America! there it lay, handy and tantalizing, allheat and scurry. All morning they had kept catching glimpses of it beyond the potholes as they stood in long lines, waiting to reach the tables where the immigration men in dacrion shirts checked their visas, inspected the X-ray pictures of their lungs that they held in their hands, decided whether to admit them or not. Getting into America was, it seemed, quit

• A. of unknown and uncertain qualities
• B. choked with red tape
• C. as inviting as heaven itself
• D. off-putting on account of the heat

Read the poem below and answer the question Dillgent foot-worker legs lithe, foot loose to frantic drums and frenetic flutes Acrobat strokes swift in the air wrought masterly like a frenzied antelope Gyrating to the April music of the lush Savannah The poem is an example of a/an

• A. lyric
• B. ode
• C. pastoral
• D. ballad

In the novel Piggy's glasses symbolizes

• A. arrogance
• B. childishness
• C. intellectualism
• D. ignorance

Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?

Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that

Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites?

For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!

He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage

Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.

Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle

From her propriety, What is the matter, masters?

Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving

Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee

Iago: I do not know

(Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165)

Othello is brought to the scene because___________

• A. Iago is drunk
• B. A bell has been rung
• C. People are fighting
• D. Cassio has stabbed Montano

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'If it is true that the world talks too much

then let's all keep quiet

and hear the eloquence

of silence' If it is True' by Richard Ntini

One striking device used by the poet above is

• A. rhythm
• B. contrast
• C. alliteration
• D. end-rhyme

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.

My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.

My poor brother in immaculate evening dress

Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.

Diop: The Renegade

The poet's attitude here is

• A. paradoxical
• B. envious
• C. ironical
• D. sarcastic

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the question

The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.

The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.

The underlined expression suggests that the writer

• A. has an aversion for the process
• B. finds the activity fascinating
• C. is aloof to the activity
• D. does not dislike the process

AFRICAN POETRY

Examine the persona's view of ageing in "The Piano of Growing Older"