Literature Past Questions And Answers
Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The ''occulted guilt'' here means
- A. wizardry
- B. love
- C. witchcraft
- D. conscience
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth what is thy soul of adoration.
The figure of speech in the lines above is
- A. antithesis
- B. apostrophe
- C. personification
- D. euphemism
NON AFRICAN PROSE
WILLIAM GOLDING: Lord Of The Flies
to what extent is Jack a better leader than Ralph?
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- A. the whiteman's treatment of Meka
- B. Meka's treatment of the medal in the whitewashed circle
- C. people's unwillingness to talk about how whitemen treat them
- D. people's freedom of expression
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'My first interview with the manager was curious...
He was commonplace in complexion, in feature, in manners and in voice. He was of middle size and of ordinary build. His eyes, of the usual blue were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe'. Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
In the passage above, the manager is described as being
- A. determined
- B. warm
- C. sociable
- D. hostile
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
The epilogue in a literary composition is
- A. at the beginning
- B. in the middle
- C. at the end
- D. just before the end
We live to die, we die to live is an example of _________
- A. paradox
- B. hyperbole
- C. inversion
- D. Oxymoron
Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood,
As a symbol of marital success and fulfillment, Ibuza community places a lot of importance on
- A. childbirth
- B. wealth
- C. male child
- D. female child
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.
'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is
- A. auditory
- B. gustatory
- C. tactile
- D. visual
SECTION A (AFRICAN DRAMA) WOLE SOYINKA: The Lion and The Jewel 1.
Examine the theme of love and marriage in the play.
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