Read the extract and answer the question

Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,

Who would believe that there were mountaineers

Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at'em

Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men

Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find

Each putter-out of five for one will bring us

Good warrant of.

(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)

What happens to the spirits?

• A. they are killed
• B. they stay on
• C. they serve prosper
• D. they disappear

The performers in a play constitute the

• A. chorus
• B. characters
• C. audience
• D. east

Based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'I'll do my best

To woo your lady.'

What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

• A. That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
• B. That her best is good enough to win affection
• C. That she herself becomes the beloved
• D. That she herself wins the love

Read the extract below and answer the question

Alack, what heinous sin is it in me

To be ashamed to be my father's child!

But though I am a daughter to his blood

I am not to his manners.....

(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 - 18)

The speaker has been addressing

• A. Solanio
• B. Portia
• C. Lancelot
• D. Nerissa

Dramatis personae is the same as ____________

• A. Chorus
• B. Prompter
• C. Foil
• D. Cast

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

In the poem 'Night' Neto suggests that the oppressed

• A. do not believe in victory
• B. are never willing to fight for their rights
• C. are no longer willing to fight for their right
• D. are determined to give meaning to their life

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'You Kiss her on the cheek

As white people do,

You Kiss her open-sore lips

As white people do,

You suck slimy saliva

From each other's mouths,

As white people do.'

Okot p' Bitek 'Song of Lawino'

The writer of the lines above uses repetition

• A. for emphasis
• B. to underscore disapproval
• C. to enhance irony
• D. for imitation

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

In the novel, it is necessary that Ona has to leave her father's house because

• A. of the safety of her child
• B. of her love for Agbadi
• C. her father is dead
• D. that is the tradition

Poetry is defined by

• A. words written in sequence
• B. condensed use of language
• C. evocation of feelings
• D. legends and myths

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; 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 - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

The dominant imagery in Kofi Awoonor's 'The Cathedral' is

• A. olfactory
• B. auditory
• C. tactile
• D. visual