Literature Past Questions And Answers
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
- A. Love at first sight
- B. Unrequited love
- C. Lllusion and reality
- D. Humour and tragedy
One of the following is not an African poet
- A. lenrie Peters
- B. Thomas Gray
- C. J.P. Clark
- D. Sly Cheney-Coker
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 Duke's precious gift to the Duchess in Browning's 'My Last Duchess 'is
- A. his family name
- B. a wedding ring
- C. his aristocratic class
- D. the title of a Duchess
Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?
Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that
Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites?
For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!
He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage
Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle
From her propriety, What is the matter, masters?
Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving
Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee
Iago: I do not know
(Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165)
The major consequence of the brawl is that___________
- A. Montano is killed
- B. Roderigo demands his money back
- C. Cassio is dismissed
- D. Iago is given charge of the city
One of the following makes use of gesture only:
- A. comedy
- B. lampoon
- C. mime
- D. satire
The dominant theme is ______
- A. unrequited love
- B. loss of opportunity
- C. lack of trust.
- D. insatiable hunger
In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______
- A. comedies
- B. tragedies
- C. historical plays
- D. romantic plays
...... is also called a dynamic character
- A. Protagonist
- B. Round character
- C. Flat character
- D. Foil
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A necessary quality of every work of literature is that it
- A. shows a creative use of language
- B. has to be publishable in order to gain wide acceptance
- C. teaches a moral lesson
- D. characters or actors
NON - AFRICAN DRAMA
BERNARD SHAW: ARMS AND THE MAN
How is romantic love treated in the play?
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