This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

Launko's End of War suggests that war brings about

• A. ultimate solution to all problems
• B. partial solution to problems
• C. multifaceted problems
• D. only temporary relief

Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?

• A. language
• B. chorus
• C. action
• D. narrator

Read the extract and answer the question

You cramthese words into mine ears against

The stomach of my sense. Would I had never

Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,

My son is lost, and,in my rate, she too,

(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 - 102)

• A. Gonzalo
• B. Antonio
• C. Sebastian
• D. Alonso

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

Pa Noble became a living legend because

• A. several conflicting stories were woven around him
• B. he attained the status of a first-class citizen
• C. he was the only successful son of a Benin chief
• D. he was rich and very generous

In a story, the adversary of the protagonist is the

• A. hero
• B. heroine
• C. antagonist
• D. foil

Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer the following questions

Marooned, Akpatse felt imprisoned. It was fifteen days since the storm. The flood waters were not receding; neither did Akpatse see any sign of help coming. Akpatse could not swim the expanse of flood waters. He meditated: when one looks upon the mountain for help and help comes from the Lord ... where does the Lord sit - in the cloud or on the mountain, or in the valley?

Well, Akpatse looked for salvation in the distance, far across the ocean of flood - the intimidating expense of his great gaoler - up to where the sky and the lips of the flood waters met in a mocking kiss. He had forgotten the feeling of hunger but knew he did not have any energy. What a foolish thing to think! He had not had any food for days. True. But hunger never said hello from the hollow of his 'person-tree' as they say in his language. Akpatse saw no help coming.

The overall feeling evoked by the passage is one of

• A. anger
• B. empathy
• C. love
• D. relief

A literary work in which animals are used as characters is a

• A. memoir
• B. fable
• C. biography
• D. farce

Which of the following is written by a Non-African poet?

• A. Piano and Drums
• B. The Dining Table
• C. The Schoolboy
• D. The Panic of Growing Older

I know not, Amina

When again on your brightness of smile

My eyes will rest awhile

Nor when again of your softness of voice

My ears will rest awhile

When again into the silver moonshine

You early at night or late venture

As is your wont in weather fine

Astute, awake in bed as doters may, i'll lie

Dreaming of grasping your velvety texture

The poem evokes the senses of_______

• A. Smell and Sight
• B. Smell and Hearing
• C. Sight and Hearing
• D. Touch and Smell

''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates

• A. paradox
• B. euphemism
• C. hyperbole
• D. personification