Literature Past Questions And Answers
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost
The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________
- A. Antithesis
- B. Parallelism
- C. Conceit
- D. Climax
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Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy's scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)
The speaker is a
- A. sailor
- B. king
- C. spirit
- D. man
This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.
The heavy downpour on the night of Meka's investiture symbolises.
- A. revelation
- B. conviction
- C. blessing
- D. mockery
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Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at'em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)
The character addressed is
- A. Sebastian
- B. Ferdinand
- C. Gonzalo
- D. Alonso
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
''O incomprehensible God!
Shall my pilot be''
These lines in Okara''s ''The Call of the River Nun'' reveal a religious undertone which also expresses the
- A. mystery of existence
- B. omnipotence of God
- C. duality of life
- D. inevitability of death
The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called
- A. nemesis
- B. catharsis
- C. hubris
- D. tragedy
This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
The central conflict in the play is
- A. religious
- B. romantic
- C. generational
- D. communal
The ending of most comedies is
- A. happy
- B. natural
- C. calm
- D. uncertain
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
MR.BOROFO: I heartily curse the day my wife decided to go to England. Ever since then,I have had nothing but we must do this because it is done in England, we mustn't do that, because it is not done by English people and so on ad nauseam.
The subject matter of the passage above is the
- A. uncritical acceptance of European values
- B. woes of English marriage
- C. adventures in England
- D. intransigence of an African wife
NON-AFRICAN PROSE
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: The Old Man and The Sea
Examine the character of Manolin.
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