Literature Past Questions And Answers
In literature, a flat character can be described as one who
- A. is undeveloped
- B. undergoes changes
- C. dies abruptly
- D. achieves greatness
The specie of conflict exemplified in the Native Son is that of_______
- A. man against society
- B. man against nature
- C. man against culture
- D. man against man
This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The dominant impression of the first person narrative in the novel gives it
- A. an omniscient character
- B. an epistolary character
- C. a biographical character
- D. an autobiographical character
Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker Y is
- A. Bernado
- B. Francisco
- C. Polonius
- D. Rosencrantz
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read the extract below and answer the question:
Lysander riddles very prettily;
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied.
But, gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off, in human modesty;
Such separation as may well be said
Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid;
So far be distant, and good night, sweet friend: Thy love ne'er alter, till thy sweet life end!
Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, illustrates the use of- A. alliteration
- B. onomatopoeia
- C. assonance
- D. personification
''The strong gongs groaming as the guns born far'' illustrates
- A. metonymy
- B. refrain
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. repetition
NON-AFRICAN POETRY
How effective is Housman's use of Imagery in "To An Athlete Dying Young?".
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and anser the question.
Silence ! One word more
Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!
An advocate for an impostor! Hush!
(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)
The speaker's utterance betrays his
- A. anger
- B. pretence
- C. hatred
- D. sorrow
The art of creating fictional personages constitutes
- A. point of view
- B. characterization
- C. narrative tecnique
- D. symbolism
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem and answer the question
I wonder how long, you awful parasite
Shall share me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.
I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
on; for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.
Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep;
When thou art sure, I cant you capture,
Just as the time I snore deep.
''Tis so strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one you is in my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.
The poem is a/an
- A. monologue
- B. dialogue
- C. epilogue
- D. prologue