Literature Past Questions And Answers
'For my yoke is easy and my burden is light'' illustrates the use of
- A. bathos
- B. euphemism
- C. paradox
- D. irony
This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
When does the play open and close?
- A. In the afternoon
- B. At midnight
- C. In the morning
- D. In the evening
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term assonance refers of
- A. repetition of alphabets in lines of a poem
- B. agreement of vowel sounds in a line
- C. repetition of vowels in a line
- D. agreement of consonants in a line
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
Romeo's death becomes inevitable because
- A. Friar Lawrence's letter is not delivered
- B. Juliet is married to Paris
- C. Romeo kills Tybailt in a duel
- D. Juliet has committed suicide
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
Why did Nnaife blame Nnu Ego for all his problems
- A. Because his daughter slapped him
- B. Because his daughter disobeyed him by travelling to abroad
- C. Because his daughter disobeyed him by moving with prostitutes
- D. Because his daughter ran away with a Yoruba man.
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
The body perishes, the heart stays young.
The platter wears away with serving food.
No log retains its bark when old,
No lover is peaceful while the rival weeps.
The theme of the poem above is
- A. non-peaceful nature of love
- B. diminishing nature of love
- C. permanence of love
- D. decaying nature of wood
This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.
The party seeks power for
- A. its own sake
- B. its members
- C. people's sake
- D. the nation
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read the extract below and answer the following question:
That fallen am I in dark uneven way,
Come, thou gentle day;
For if but once thou show me thy grey light,
I'll find , and revenge this spite.
The speaker is- A. Lysander
- B. Thisbe
- C. Egeus
- D. Tatiana
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
At the end of Ovonramwen's discussion with Gallway and Hutton, one can conclude that Ovonramwen is
- A. fascinated by their gifts
- B. eager to sign the trade treaty presented
- C. suspicious about their real intentions
- D. ready to welcome them
...Let the greying day grow,
...let the evening horns blow,
...let the melting mountains go...'
The repetition of these lines from Atukwei Okai's
- A. is for emphasis for the main ideas
- B. imbues the poem with lyrical qualities
- C. summarizes the major themes of the poem
- D. shows that the poem is truly a dirge.