And when you trudge on your horny Pads

gullied like the soles of modern shoes

Pads that even jiggers cannot conquer

Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

• A. sole of a pauper
• B. sole of a soldier
• C. policeman
• D. madman

The birds fly high over

the hills beyond the corn fields.

The poetic device used in the above extract is

• A. assonance
• B. alliteration
• C. metaphor
• D. metonymy

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Farce can be described as a dramatic piece marked by

• A. movement from serious to the lighthearted mood
• B. comic and exaggerated actions
• C. actions devoid of meaning
• D. gloomy actions with momentary reliefs

A word that sounds like what it names is a (n)

• A. alliteration
• B. assonance
• C. onomatopoeia
• D. rhyme

The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because_____

• A. man by nature has the tendencies to be lazy
• B. of the need for human survival
• C. God wants man to feel less of himself
• D. of the space for God's worship

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A line or a group of lines repeated in the course of a poem is called

• A. chorus
• B. refrain
• C. repetition
• D. prologue

Read the extract and answer the question

And for your part,..., I do wish

That your good beauties be the happy cause

Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues

Will bring him to his wonted way again,

To both your honours,

(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)

The speaker is

• A. the king
• B. Laertes
• C. the queen
• D. polonius

I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands.The above lines is an example of a

• A. Alliteration
• B. Aspotrophe
• C. Repetitiion
• D. Assonance

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears,

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are

• A. Saahir and Lahab
• B. Lahab and Hussaina
• C. Lahab and Sagiir
• D. Al-Amin and Hussaina

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

The dispute between Sarkin Zango and Sarkin Fatake is over a

• A. horse
• B. piece of land
• C. source of water
• D. farmland