WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : What, hasthis thing appeared again tonight?

B : I have seen nothing

(Act I, Scene one, lines 21-22)

The speakers were

• A. in a room in the castle
• B. in the courtyard
• C. on a platform in front of the castle
• D. on the battlefield

Read the extract below and answer Question

With the pen, he wrote kings into reality

With his words, kingdoms arose,

Those same words, slaves inhaled

Their hands building walls, their feet tromping territories

His pen was like the breath of life.

hands and feet in line 4 illustrate _________

• A. contrast
• B. litotes
• C. personification
• D. synecdoche

CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle.

CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.

BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers. Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next. Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy

when you've abandoned it for some time.

Wole Soyinka,The Beautification of Area Boy.

The literary devices in the dialogue above are

• A. hyperbole and allusion
• B. irony and parody
• C. allusion and paradox
• D. humour and irony

A play on words is

• A. innuendo
• B. humour
• C. pun
• D. jest

NON-AFRICAN POETRY

Discuss the theme of change in Yeat's "The Second Coming."

AFRICAN DRAMA: THE LION AND THE JEWEL

Show why Baroka opposes the construction of the railway.

In literature, a flat character can be described as one who

• A. is undeveloped
• B. undergoes changes
• C. dies abruptly
• D. achieves greatness

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'

Jose Saramago: All the Names

What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?

• A. she runs away
• B. she is awake
• C. she falls asleep
• D. she is dead

This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.

The old man's experience is a lesson in

• A. endurance and hardwork
• B. happiness and reliance
• C. indolence and regret
• D. achievement and celebration

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

Kufi is a

• A. Christian community
• B. pagan society
• C. Muslim community
• D. traditional society