Literature Past Questions And Answers
The use of dialogue, creates a/an _ effect
- A. hunorus
- B. poetic
- C. ironic
- D. dramatic
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
According to Cope's Sonnet VII, poetry is basically
- A. therapeutic
- B. philosophical
- C. inspiring
- D. boring
A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is
- A. Episodic
- B. Simple
- C. Linear
- D. Convoluted
Based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
- A. Love at first sight
- B. Unrequited love
- C. Illusion and reality
- D. Humor and Tragedy
Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
The character that enters immediately after is
- A. lago
- B. Emilia
- C. Othello
- D. Cassio
The literary device in which there is a difference between what is stated and what is actually the case is called
- A. a metaphor
- B. a simile
- C. a personification
- D. an irony
The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is
- A. genre
- B. verse
- C. diction
- D. style
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The most important concepts in poetry are
- A. story and action
- B. plot and rhythm
- C. rhythm and imagery
- D. plot and character
A character that is built around a single idea or quality is a _______ character.
- A. heroic
- B. flat
- C. choral
- D. sound
NON AFRICAN PROSE
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: The Old Man and The Sea
What role does Manolin play in Santiago's domestic life?
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