The 1960 independence Constitution could be described as written

• A. monarchical and parliamentary
• B. republican and parliamentary
• C. monarchical and presidential
• D. federal and republican

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

Read the extract below and answer the question

I have said too much unto a heart of stone,

And laid my honour too unchary on 't;

There's something in me that reproves my fault,

But such a headstrong potent fault it is

That it but mocks reproof.

(Acts iii, Scene 4)

The ''Headstrong potent fault'' is

• A. falling in love
• B. showing sympathy
• C. proposing marriage
• D. seeking revenge

If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography, we mean that it is

• A. a historical novel
• B. a piece of writing telling us about the Life of its author
• C. a short story
• D. a narrative tale

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. Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm can be described as

• A. traditional
• B. satiritical
• C. didactic
• D. dramatic

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The villains in this poem by Osundara are

• A. the beggars sprawled in gutters
• B. those who squander the wealth of the earth
• C. the thousands buried alive
• D. the people who die in abandon

Read the poem and answer the question

We have come to the crossroads

And I must either leave or come with you

I lingered over the choice

But in the darkness of my doubts

You lifted the lamp of love

And I saw in your face

The road that I should take.

The theme of the poem is

• A. indecision
• B. separation
• C. rejected love
• D. requited love

A piece of writing about oneself is a/an

• A. autobiography
• B. biography
• C. autography
• D. mimeography

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'For seven days it rained that June;

A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that complained in his hair.'

John Updike, Wash

The images set in the lines above are of

• A. the days of Noah
• B. rain and flood in June
• C. discomfort and likely destruction
• D. an animal, insects and fun

Poetic licence is a term applied to a poet's _______

• A. choice of word
• B. choice of characters
• C. restrictions in the use of language
• D. freedom in the use of language

Pick the odd item from the list below

• A. Night Rain
• B. Things fall Apart
• C. Stanley Meets Mutesa
• D. Nightfall in Soweto