Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul is an example of

• A. oxymoron
• B. epigram
• C. epithet
• D. bathos

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.

Henchard arranged a meeting with Susan that the Ring instead of in his house because

• A. the Ring was a meeting-warden for lovers
• B. the Ring was a spot for appointments of furtive kind
• C. Susan was ashamed to come over to his house
• D. his reputation as the church-warden and mayor was at stake

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract and answer the question

Your leave and favour to return to France;

From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,

To show my duty in your coronation.

Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.

My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France

And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.

(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)

The speaker is

• A. Laertes
• B. Polonius
• C. Hamlet
• D. Claudius

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

Cheney-Coker's Myopia is a

• A. ballad
• B. dirge
• C. lament
• D. sonnet

Narrative poem indicates that the poet is attempting to

• A. preach a sermon
• B. tell a story
• C. summarize a story
• D. describe a place

SECTION E - African Prose

BAYO ADEBOWALE: Lonely Days

What impression do you form of Yaremi in the novel?

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

Habu Adams ends up in the novel as a

• A. married man
• B. repentant husband
• C. successful businessman
• D. lame lover

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.

In John Donne's Death, be not Proud, the poet believes that death is

• A. immortal
• B. mighty
• C. pleasurable
• D. dreadful

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

BERNARD SHAW: Arms and the Man

Assess the character of Raina Petkoff

In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a _________?

• A. device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
• B. situation in which a character speaks or acts against the tread of events
• C. difficult situation which defies a local or rational resolution
• D. device in which the actor act on stage