This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of

• A. fable
• B. euphemism
• C. allegory
• D. symbolism

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.

Kofi Billy's right leg was cut off by a machine in the novel because

• A. the young Englishman loaded too much tension into the steel ropes
• B. he had been playing at work with the steel ropes
• C. the steel ropes were old, slack and gave way
• D. he had always wanted a wooden leg

Pick the odd item from the options below

• A. Simile
• B. Metaphor
• C. Synecdoche
• D. Ballad

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, the major role of Mercutio is to

• A. Count Paris in Praise of Juliet
• B. annoy Tybalt
• C. take another wife
• D. serve as an assistance to Romeo

This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is with him a codling when 't is almost an apple; it is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.

The images in the quotation above express the speaker' s

• A. contempt and admiration
• B. hatred and pity
• C. contempt and disregard
• D. disregard and pity

NON-AFRICAN POETRY

Examine the use of imagery in Caged Bird

This question is based on general Literary principles

The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is

• A. assonance
• B. onomatopoeia
• C. alliteration
• D. parallelism

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

Titubi's experience at the peasants' camp is narrated through a dramatic technique called

• A. reflection
• B. projection
• C. dramatic irony
• D. flashback

The elegy

• A. conforms to a fixed pattern of lines
• B. is set in the countryside
• C. has a mournful tone
• D. celebrates heroic deeds

An image in poetry usually gives a clue to one of the following

• A. rhyme
• B. assonance
• C. paradox
• D. theme