This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Hardy makes the novel realistic by

• A. interspersing humour with seious narration
• B. denying the characters any from of transformation
• C. adhering strictly to autolographical facts
• D. narrating the story in the first person

Read the poem below and answer the following questions

Your lies are the withering strokes still, they come from the inner recesses of your dungeoned heart. And though venomous than the venom, they inspire our once dociled minds to disorders even as your angels of death pass us by with messages of hopeless hope.

Did you read our mind in your lies? We know the seat of power in a castle of your evil heart; where your lies are imprisoned to be released again and again; they are never in rain! but they have soothed us calmly , your lies; the war is not of you anymore, it is of the angels who pass us by with messages of peace.

But they have soothed us calmly, your lies illustrates

• A. paradox
• B. irony
• C. synecdoche
• D. zeugma

Read the extract below and answer the question:

......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,

Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;

That instant was, I turned into a heart,

And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,

E'er since pursue me.

(Act 1, Scene 1)

Who is speaking?

• A. Orsino
• B. Sebastian
• C. Cesario
• D. Malvolio

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones time never shirking and never volunteering for extra either'. George Orwell: Animal Farm

Form the passage above, the character being described is

• A. enthusiastic
• B. altruistic
• C. cynical
• D. lazy

AFRICAN POETRY

Illustrate Senghor's use of figures of speech inI will Pronounce Your Name

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is

• A. euphemism
• B. synedoche
• C. catharsis
• D. oxymoron

The metaphorical significance of Frank Ogodo's 'Harvest of Corruption' is seen in the theme of_____________

• A. corruption
• B. unemployment
• C. retribution
• D. betrayal of public trust

In a literary work, a clown normally

• A. directs the action
• B. creates comic relief
• C. supports the protagonist
• D. creates the atmosphere

Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face

The excerpt above exemplifies _______?

• A. Irony
• B. synedoche
• C. symbolism
• D. euphemism

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.

In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally

• A. role of spirits in a carnival
• B. preparation for a carnival
• C. role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
• D. role of sycophancy and bad leadership