WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract and answer the following question.

As wagish boys in a game themselves forswear;

So the boy Love is perjured everywhere;

For ere Demetrius looked on Hermia's eyne,

He hailed down oaths that he was only mine;

And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,

So he dissolved and showers of oaths did melt

• A. Lysander of Hermia's infidelity
• B. Demetrius of Hermia's flight
• C. Egeus of Hermia's flight
• D. Theseus of Hermia's infidelity

'The strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far'' illustrates

• A. metonymy
• B. refrain
• C. onomatopoeia
• D. repetition

SECTION C: AFRICAN POETRY

Examine the tone and mood of the poem, “Ambush”.

The literary term for conflict in literature is_________

• A. Agon
• B. Hubris
• C. Hamartia
• D. Anaphora

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.'

This speaker of the lines above is

• A. lago
• B. Cassio
• C. Desdemona
• D. Emilia

How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem the proud king has?

• A. 119 stanzas and 849 lines
• B. 109 stanzas and 849 lines
• C. 119 stanzas and 850 lines
• D. 109 stanzas and 850 lines

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

• A. saga
• B. discourse
• C. monologue
• D. harangue

Read the extract below and answer the question

This kindness will I show.

Go with me to a notary; seal me there

Your single bond, and , in a merry sport,

If you repay me not on such a day,

....let the forfeit

Be nominated for an equal pound....

(Act One Scene 111)

''merry sport'' in line 3 means a

• A. feast
• B. game
• C. joke
• D. carnival

These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.

The predominant device in Launko's End of war is

• A. antithesis
• B. oxymoron
• C. paradox
• D. onomatopoeia

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A system of plot development which creates the future through anticipation and the past through memory is

• A. deja vu
• B. avant-garde
• C. medieval
• D. metaphysical