We did not go to school on that Friday morning. The night before had been rough. It was turbulent and scary. The strange cry non-indigenes must go rent the air. Little did i Known what it meant. That carry all the same haunted me in my sleep. My dreams were horrible. Why was mum so troubled? Why was Dad suddenly so pale and sickly? That night Mum and Dad had a forboding silence. They looked at each other, they did not smile. They were utterly silent. Their silence spoke millions. Fear rules the night. When the family bell summoned us to the family altar, it seemed that it tolled its last for the humans. Death smelled in the air, death was in the eyes..... But why? We were not told. Yes during the prayer at the family altar, Dad had told us there was trouble in town. No one who was a non-indigene was safe.

Their silence spoke millions illustrates___________

• A. Oxymoron
• B. Litotes
• C. Tactile images
• D. Short sentences

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

;....I am in blood

Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er'.

Who spoke these words?

• A. Lady Macbeth
• B. The first murderer
• C. Macbeth
• D. THE SECOND Murderer

A short and witty poem is known as

• A. a ballad
• B. an epigram
• C. an epic
• D. a lyric

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.

She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The predominant figure of speech in the extract is_______

• A. Oxymoron
• B. Personification
• C. Contrast
• D. Paradox

Read the extract below and answer the question

I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so

Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil

Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness

But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee

(Act 11, sc lll)

During this speech, the speaker

• A. betrays his conscience
• B. chooses the right partner
• C. gives the addressee a letter
• D. changes the course of action

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

The plot of the play is

• A. linear
• B. cyclical
• C. complicated
• D. episodic

Read the extract and answer the uestion

Ariel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)

''.......in my rate'' means

• A. I'm very certain
• B. so far as I can see
• C. there's no doubt
• D. as it appears

AFRICAN POETRY

Relate the title of the poem Ambush to the theme of fustrated dreams?

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago.

In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.

This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman.

But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.

The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.

'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

• A. largely confusing
• B. very difficult
• C. quite appropriate
• D. drawn from hunting

This question is based on general Literary principles

'Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others... When you induce opponent to come to you,then their force is always empty,like attacking emptiness with fulness is throwing stones on eggs.'

Zhang Yu: The Art of War

The theme of the passage above is

• A. folly of soldiers
• B. spurring people to action
• C. war
• D. inspiration