This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called

• A. aside
• B. soliloquy
• C. accoustic
• D. tone

He who writes a prose is a__________?

• A. Poet
• B. Writer
• C. Author
• D. Actor

'To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour'

- William Blake

To see a World In a Grain of Sand.

The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is

• A. metaphor
• B. simile
• C. paradox
• D. hyperbole

In drama, ' denouement' is the same as

• A. resolution
• B. climax
• C. anti-climax
• D. conflict

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

NIKOLAI GOGOL: The Government Inspector

Examine the use of mistaken identity in the play.

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,

And Pleasure of our richer kind;

Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing

As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day

And dances by false glare at night;

But joy's a Butterfly, that loves

To spread its wings in Nature's light.

The dominant device used in presenting ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,

And Pleasure of our richer kind;

Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing

As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day

And dances by false glare at night;

But joy's a Butterfly, that loves

To spread its wings in Nature's light.

The feelings associated with ''Jy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

• A. rhyme
• B. euphemism
• C. assonance
• D. contrast

The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is a

• A. couplet
• B. metre
• C. consonance
• D. scansion

One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

• A. education
• B. slavery
• C. colonization
• D. corruption

Read the poem and answer the question

We have come to the crossroads

And I must either leave or come with you

I lingered over the choice

But in the darkness of my doubts

You lifted the lamp of love

And I saw in your face

The road that I should take.

The poem can be described as

• A. an epitaph
• B. a lyric
• C. a lullaby
• D. an elegy

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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.): Weast African Verse.

Apart from his lover, the poet in Senghor's I will Pronounce Your Name is also concerned with his

• A. religion
• B. continent
• C. cinnamon
• D. wealth