Literature Past Questions And Answers
There's no art
To find the mind's construction in the face...'
Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,the above statement means that there is no
- A. artist who can construct a face
- B. skill of reading thoughts from the face
- C. skill of differentiating the face from the mind
- D. artist who can understand a man
This question is based on general Literary principles
In drama drama dramaturge is he who
- A. writes or edits plays
- B. directs a play
- C. acts a film
- D. features in a play
Pick the odd item
- A. fiction
- B. monologue
- C. aside
- D. soliloguy
Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character who secretly watches and listens is
- A. Trinculo
- B. Stephano
- C. Caliban
- D. Prospero
Read the Poem and answer questions 26 to 30. Walker, stop and let me move and check you My sneaky, fleeting moon of reckless birth The light of hope you flashed at dawn has dimmed And flickers weakly, so you squint at Earth. Walker, stand and let me sit and quiz you Will foes and friends be irked if Mum you tell The bitter tale of woe behind your flu? The trickling tears unseen announce your age. Walker, stay and let me come and tell you My fleeting moon, I own you dim my light Your sparkling blouse has turned a darker hue You must, I guess, have done a steeplechase.
The stanzas are written in _________
- A. quintets
- B. quatrains
- C. sestets
- D. tercets
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly...
Lord of the Files by William Golding
'Soft hiss of roasting meat' in the passage above refers to the
- A. gentle response of the animal being roasted B.
- rudeness of the animal to the hunter
- C. gentle process of roasting on the fire
- D. fropping of the fat of the meat in the fire
Seven metrical feet in a line of a stanza is
- A. hexametre
- B. heptametre
- C. septet
- D. triolet
If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle
Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that
- A. Maanan is trying to compromise
- B. Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan
- C. James sees Awere as a bad influence
- D. Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her husband
Pick out the odd item
- A. The Gods are not to Blame
- B. The Concubine
- C. Things Fall Apart
- D. The African Child
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster? (act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The character addressed is
- A. Trinculo
- B. Stephano
- C. Sebastian
- D. Caliban

