A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________

• A. Farce
• B. Mime
• C. Slapstick
• D. Burlesque

AFRICAN DRAMA: LET ME DIE ALONE

Discuss the use of foreshadowing and soliloquy in the play.

A regular group of lines in poetry constitutes

• A. stanza
• B. rhythm
• C. verse
• D. metre

Read the passage below and answer the question

Stella had to do her midweek shopping. There were four people before her in the queue. She watched the blond at the counter striking feverishly away at the numbers on the cold, light-flickering machine. There seemed to be a raging war between two mechanical contraptions, one, robot-like and the other stationary, but able to respond to the extent of punching, by sharp flickers of red light. It was an all consuming battle,as a swift hand positioned the price label of the ceaseless flow of item on the coneyor belt and the right delivered the punches. The intending owners were more unnoticed onlookers. Anyway, there is a belated recognition of them in ''thank you, call again balance sheet. '' It's all so mechanical, she thought. I mean, any creature-baboon, extraterrestial being or anything - could as well receive the same treatment as long as the conditions are met- ''bring to the counter, labelled items from the shelves.''Where is the human touch? She wondered.

''Where is the human touch?'' conveys an impression of

• A. disappointment
• B. expectation
• C. discontent
• D. indifference

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

BERNARD SHAW: Arms and the Man

How is Catherine revealed as an accomplished liar in the garden scene?

In ''my finger click with a Snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the key'' the dominant figure of speech used is

• A. parallelism
• B. litotes
• C. hyperbole
• D. onomatopoeia

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

' 'O fleeting gleam of noon dream You incense my clothed cream!

Tony E. Afejuku: An Orchard of Wishes

The literary device used in the lines above is

• A. repetition
• B. refrain
• C. consonance
• D. assonance

A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is called _____

• A. An Epigram
• B. A Limerick
• C. An Ode
• D. A Lyric

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

'' This madness which they say you have must now begin to know its bounds. You are telling me to go and find cassava for you...''

In view of the speaker's aim, this statement is

• A. ambiguous
• B. hyperbolic
• C. ironic
• D. an understatement

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem and answer the question

What a morning!

The sound of guns was everywhere

The city was trapped,

I heave a mournful sigh- Rebels!

Boom Boom Boom!

The heart pants at the sound of the blast

Lord! When will all this end?

This is the fourth day.

You say you are free

Oh no, you are not

You are trapped-

A prisoner in your own home.

The song is everywhere.

What next?

Food - water - a hiding place

Far from the sound of the gun.

The atmosphere of the poem implies

• A. danger and confusion
• B. peace and reconciliation
• C. happiness
• D. hope