Literature Past Questions And Answers
Rays of sun peeping through the cloud, the line is an example of
- A. Synecdoche
- B. Irony
- C. Apostrophe
- D. Personification
SECTION D: NON-AFRICAN POETRY
Examine Blake's use of diction in The School Boy.
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Read the passage below and answer the following questions
Marooned, Akpatse felt imprisoned. It was fifteen days since the storm. The flood waters were not receding; neither did Akpatse see any sign of help coming. Akpatse could not swim the expanse of flood waters. He meditated: when one looks upon the mountain for help and help comes from the Lord ... where does the Lord sit - in the cloud or on the mountain, or in the valley?
Well, Akpatse looked for salvation in the distance, far across the ocean of flood - the intimidating expense of his great gaoler - up to where the sky and the lips of the flood waters met in a mocking kiss. He had forgotten the feeling of hunger but knew he did not have any energy. What a foolish thing to think! He had not had any food for days. True. But hunger never said hello from the hollow of his 'person-tree' as they say in his language. Akpatse saw no help coming.
The reference to mountain illustrates
- A. allusion
- B. irony
- C. parallelism
- D. antithesis
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A satire employs
- A. comedy with the intent to amuse
- B. farce to comment on societal conduct
- C. irony to mock at situations
- D. sarcasm and humour for social criticism
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'I'm not going to be drawn into that old trap of an argument and be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a sewer;
The speaker in the statement above is being
- A. symbolical
- B. analogical
- C. metaphorical
- D. parabolical
This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
The island in the novel is a
- A. symbol of peace
- B. hide out for children during the war
- C. symbol of innocence
- D. world of abundance
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
When a character in a literary work exists primarily to enhance, through contrast, the portrayal of the personal traits of another character is a
- A. protagonist
- B. antagonist
- C. mirror character
- D. foil
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The comic in the play is found in the
- A. Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot
- B. Miss Hardcastle Marlow main plot two sub-plots
- C. Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot and Hasting-Neville sub-plot
- D. Miss Hardcastle-Marlow and Hasting-Neville series of sub-plots
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'. Georgina Hammick, Habits
The passage above suggests
- A. haste
- B. lack of organization
- C. controlled movement
- D. untidiness
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as
- A. a flshback
- B. a prophecy
- C. foreshadowing
- D. a reverie