The mood in ''Nothing so true as what you once let fall Most women have no characters at all'' is

• A. pessimistic
• B. juibilant
• C. anticipatory
• D. optimistic

Read the following lines and answer the question

But since, alas! frail beauty must decay,

curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray;

since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.

The use of the word 'since' illustrates

• A. alliteration
• B. repetition
• C. assonance
• D. consonance

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt Imagery in the play is

• A. always sexual and licentious
• B. sometimes sexual but not licentious
• C. always sexual but not licentious
• D. sometimes sexual and licentious

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

OSCAR WILDE: The Importance of Being Earnest

Analyse the deceptive nature of Algernon.

The sides of a stage are called

• A. both sides
• B. the ways
• C. the wings
• D. the pits

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract below and answer the following question:

That fallen am I in dark uneven way,

Come, thou gentle day;

For if but once thou show me thy grey light,

I'll find , and revenge this spite.

• A. Helena
• B. Hermia
• C. Demetrius
• D. himself

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

The statement 'the new religion was like a leper' means that

• A. the new religion, if welcomed, will overshadow the traditional religions
• B. the Europeans who brought the new religion were lepers
• C. all those who join the new religion would become lepers
• D. religion invites diseases

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Read the extract below and answer the question

So please my lord, I might not be admitted;

But from her handmaid to return this answer:

The element itself, till seven years heat,

Shall not behold her face at ample view......

(Act 1 Scene 1)

''Element'' in the third line refers to the

• A. sky
• B. weather
• C. sun
• D. cloud

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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.

In Browning's 'My Last Duchess', the Duke complains that his wife is

• A. a snob
• B. a coquette
• C. a spendthrift
• D. disrespectful

A short poem expressing intense emotions and usually sung is a/an

• A. ode
• B. pastoral
• C. elegy
• D. lyric