This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!

[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.] CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!

IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!

This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's

• A. intention to resume fighting
• B. intransigence in the face of authority
• C. refusal to pay homage to the whiteman
• D. unwillingness to befriend the whitemen

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'I cannot blind myself to putrefying carcasses in the market place pulling giant vultures from the sky.

Odia Ofeimun, 'How Can I Sing?

The tone of the lines above is one of

• A. defiance
• B. anger
• C. mourning
• D. anxiety

Based on Ferdinand Oyono's the Old Man and the Medal, for his sacrifices to the church, Meka gets

• A. a place near an aged leper
• B. a land to build a new house
• C. appointed into the church elders' council
• D. the privileged to choose a permanent place to sit

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the question

Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,

That from theNunnerie

of thy chaste breast and quiet minde,

To warre and Armes I flie.

True, a new Mistresse now I chase,

The first Foe in the field;

And with a stronger faith imbrace,

A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.

Yet thisInconstancy is such,

As you too shall adore;

I could not love thee (Deare) so much,

Lov'd I not Honour more.

''Inconstancy'' in the poem implies that the

• A. man is unfaithful
• B. woman is pure
• C. woman is a nun
• D. man loves war

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer the question

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments

Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,

That, if I then had waked after long sleep,

Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,

The clouds methought would open, and show riches

Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,

I cried to dream again.

(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)

The character addressed is

• A. Horatio
• B. Caliban
• C. Stephano
• D. Ferdinand

Ballad is meant to be

• A. discussed
• B. read
• C. sung
• D. acted

A ballad is essentially a ........... poem

• A. descriptive
• B. dramatic
• C. pastoral
• D. narrative

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.

B : First there is the neapolitan prince.

A : Ay, that's a colt indeedd, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith

The attitude of Speaker A to the person mentioned by Speaker B is one of

• A. affection
• B. contempt
• C. indifference
• D. resignation

''Forty hands descended on the devilish head'' illustrates

• A. epigram
• B. synecdoche
• C. metonymy
• D. allegory

This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.

'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ......

Maanan expresses dislike for Lawyer B because of

• A. his recent advances towards her
• B. the betrayal of her father's trust
• C. the betrayal of his wife's trust
• D. his condemnation of her choice of career