Read the extract below and answer the question

.....I owe you much, and like a wilful youth

That which I owe is lost: but if you please

To shoot another arrow that self way

which you did shoot the first.

And thankfully rest debtor for the first

(Act 1 sc 1)

The speaker intends to

• A. fulfil his part of the bond
• B. raise money for suit
• C. seek redress in court
• D. elope with his fiancee

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)

The setting is

• A. another part of the platform
• B. a platform in front of the castle
• C. the queen's palace
• D. a room in the castle

A literary work written in from of a letter is

• A. creative
• B. romantic
• C. tautological
• D. epistolary

The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of_________

• A. a second person narrator
• B. a first person narrator
• C. an omniscient narrator
• D. none

While the speaker is talking

• A. Egeus departs
• B. Flute arrives
• C. the fairies sing
• D. Philostrate departs

The choice of words to create special effects is called

• A. fallacy
• B. atmosphere
• C. diction
• D. mood

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears

The novel is largely set in

• A. Futa Toro
• B. Sabonville city
• C. Alligator city
• D. Nuclear city

A story which explains a natural phenomenon is

• A. legend
• B. parable
• C. myth
• D. fiction

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem and answer the question

What a morning!

The sound of guns was everywhere

The city was trapped,

I heave a mournful sigh- Rebels!

Boom Boom Boom!

The heart pants at the sound of the blast

Lord! When will all this end?

This is the fourth day.

You say you are free

Oh no, you are not

You are trapped-

A prisoner in your own home.

The song is everywhere.

What next?

Food - water - a hiding place

Far from the sound of the gun.

''The song is everywhere'' refers to

• A. freedom
• B. anxiety
• C. pleasure
• D. satisfaction

A device in drama where a character speaks alone is

• A. soliloquy
• B. aside
• C. apostrophe
• D. dialogue