Read the extract and answer the question

Y : Do you know me, my lord?

Z : Excellent well;you are a fishmonger

Y : Not I, my lord.

Z : Then I would you were so honest a man.

Y : Honest, my lord!

Z : Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes. Is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

(Act Two, Scene II, lines 173-179)

Speaker Z's responses suggest that he is

• A. planning revenge
• B. pretending to be mad
• C. telling a lie
• D. preparing to commit suicide

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Hamlet: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. Here, Hamlet is urging the players to

• A. reflect reality
• B. be good actors
• C. justify their actions
• D. be creative on stage

This question is based on general Literary principles

The plot of a story generally refers to the

• A. intrigue made by a character against the hero
• B. way in which the events of the story are organized
• C. way in which the writer begin the story
• D. way the writer ends the story

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring

The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain

And drinking largely sobers us again

The poem is

• A. allegoric
• B. didactic
• C. metaphysical
• D. romantic

A line of poetry is measured by the

• A. number of words
• B. number of feet it contains
• C. images
• D. rhythm

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

This thing you are doing is too heavy for you' he said . I went to school only a little, but I have killed many many more years in this world than you have,'

Gabriel Okara: The Voice

it can be inferred from the passage above that the

• A. listener is a porter
• B. listener is wise
• C. speaker is a murderer
• D. speaker is more experienced

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring

The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain

And drinking largely sobers us again

The tone of the poet is

• A. jocular
• B. harsh
• C. mournful
• D. sombre

A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is

• A. denouement
• B. conflict
• C. comedy
• D. tragedy

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.

The tone of Umeh's Ambassadors of Poverty can be described as

• A. panegyrical
• B. metaphorical
• C. sarcastic
• D. admonitory

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.'The lines above from Acqah's

• A. contradiction
• B. inevitability
• C. progress
• D. awareness