This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

The technique Kwesi Brew employs to portray the nightmarish image in his poem 'The Executioner's Dream' is the description of the

• A. childhood fun
• B. only set in a crown of thorns
• C. gory details
• D. wicked sappor

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

The seeming shifty structure of the play is used to

• A. assist in the development of the characters
• B. sustain the reader's interest
• C. reflect the emotional and psychological state of Hamlet
• D. slow down the pace of the plot development

The birds fly high over

the hills beyond the corn fields.

A poem written or rendered in praise of a person or thing is called

• A. a lyric
• B. an ode
• C. an elegy
• D. a panegyric

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

In Morris' The Proud King, Jovinian assembled the throne when he was

• A. poor
• B. rich
• C. young
• D. old

A play that thrives on exaggeration of humour, plot and character is a

• A. mime
• B. tragedy
• C. farce
• D. lampoon

Read the extract and answer Questions 41 to 45. 41.

This sight would make him do a desperate turn:

Yea, curse his better angel from his side,

Speaker Y: T is pitiful, but yet lago knows

A thousand times committed.

Cassio confessed it;

.. he ..., referred to by Speaker X, is __________

• A. Brabantio
• B. Gratiano
• C. Montano
• D. Lodovico

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the.

• A. subjective
• B. first-person
• C. third-person
• D. objective

''....a thousand miles'' is an example of

• A. hyperbole
• B. irony
• C. antithesis
• D. epigram

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .

The way Louka carries out her duties as a maid at the Petkoff's household can best be described as

• A. arrogant and insolent
• B. opportunistic and self-centered
• C. haughty and presumptuous
• D. bold and self-assured

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

The Major issues at hand in the Sons and Daughters play is that

• A. Laboratory attendant is trying to act as a nurse
• B. The medical doctor is in love with Maanan
• C. James sees Awere as a bad influence
• D. Lawyer B is trying to Kiss Maanan.