Another shoal of cars swam past. One, in particular, caught his eyes, a long slender thing, elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver; a thousand guineas it would have cos, he thought. In the first sentence, cars are described in terms of

• A. birds
• B. ants
• C. fish
• D. lampposts

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.

A literary device used in the first line is

• A. antithesis
• B. pun
• C. onomatopoeia
• D. euphemism

NON-AFRICAN PROSE: WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Consider Heathcliff's marriage to Isabella.

NON-AFRICAN PROSE

WILLIAM GOLDING: Lord of the Flies

How does Ralph's exercise of authority differ from Jack's?

Based on General Literary Principles.

Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

• A. short verses
• B. rhythmic verses
• C. free verses
• D. irregular verses

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'' Old father, old artificer bear me now and ever in good stead''

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.

The word 'artificer' describes

• A. a sage
• B. a craftsman
• C. a magician
• D. an artificial person

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

• A. epanalepsis
• B. antithesis
• C. envoi
• D. irony

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent

I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's

Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.

Wole Soyinka:Night

The lines above suggests that women are

• A. dogmatic
• B. seers
• C. magicians
• D. covetous

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

Read the poem and answer the question

At the onset of the rain

The drought-stricken land

Suck up the wetness

And the gates to the field

Are flung widely open.

It is the signal for planting!

It is time for joyous toiling!

At various times of day

The hard and erect hoe

Would thrust and dig deep

Into the receiving wet soil.

Seeds on different quantities

Seeds of varying potency

Are broadcasted in layers

Into the womb of the earth

With time and much labour

The seed now transformed

Blossoms and grows into new life!

'Joyous toiling'' is an example of

• A. onomatopeia
• B. oxymoron
• C. irony
• D. metaphor

This question is based on selection poem from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

In Keats' On the Grasshopper and Cricket, the frost of winter evenings is said to cause

• A. violence
• B. luxury
• C. silence
• D. loneliness