The art of using persuasive words in literary works is known as_______

• A. Rhetoric
• B. Dilemma
• C. Parody
• D. Paronomasia

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

'Phases' in the novel refers to

• A. phases of the moon and their effects on the plot
• B. moments of awareness of Tess'misfortune
• C. points of conflict between good and evil
• D. stages of development in the life of Tess

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): 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.):West African Verse

J.P Clark's Agbor Dancer portrays

• A. a sophisticated dancer
• B. a girl attuned to her culture
• C. an uncivilized dancer
• D. a wild girl

This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only

• A. on condition of infidelity
• B. where there there are no children
• C. in situation of irreconcilable differences
• D. on the death of one of the couples

An over-used expression is

• A. a cliche
• B. a cacophony
• C. an epigram
• D. an archetype

This question is based on General Literacy Principles

A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called

• A. psychological novel
• B. picaresque
• C. autobiography
• D. satirical novel

An ode is usually a poem written for

• A. condemnation
• B. celebration
• C. instruction
• D. entertainment

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A farce refers to a drama that has elements of the

• A. serious
• B. comic
• C. satiric
• D. tragic

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems. 'The voice of my education 'in D.H. Lawrence's

'Snake' refers to

• A. culture
• B. primitive instincts
• C. the hissing sound of a snake
• D. someone whispering to himself

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)

Where did the wee\dding take place?

• A. Algiers
• B. Milan
• C. Tunis
• D. Naples