This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is ________?

• A. a celebration of life
• B. an appreciation of nature
• C. a demystification of death
• D. a celebration of the final passage

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

Point of denouement in a literary work is the

• A. point at which the major character is shown in his true colours
• B. point of disagreement in a narrative
• C. point of the resolution of the puzzling issues
• D. cathartic point in a tragedy

... seest thou this sweet sight?

Her dotage now I do begin to pity;

For meeting her of late behind the wood,

Seeking sweet favours for this hateful fool,

I did upbraid her, and fall out with her.

For she his hairy temples then had rounded

With coronet of fresh and fragrant flowers;

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 42 - 28)

The pair are lovers by

• A. accident
• B. fate
• C. design
• D. fortune

EMILY BRONTE: Wuthering Heights

Comment on the importance of setting in the novel

Read the extract and answer the question

X :So they are.

My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.

My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,

The wrack of all my friends, northis man's threats

To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,

Might I but through my prison once a day

Beholdthis maid. All corners else o'th' earth

Let liberty make use of,...

(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)

''this maid'' is

• A. Caribel
• B. Miranda
• C. Sycorax
• D. Dido

_ in drama operates against a character who is unawares of a situation which the audience know about

• A. Verbal irony
• B. Dramatic irony
• C. Satire
• D. Parody

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus?

• A. 107
• B. 230
• C. 200
• D. 140

In Oyo's eyes there was now real gratitude. Perhaps for the first time in their married life the man could believe that she was glad to have him

the way he was. Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, from the above excerpts, Why was Oyo unhappy with her husband?

• A. The man's moral uprightness was vindicated at the end
• B. She decided to love the man with all his weaknesses
• C. She realized that money was not everything
• D. The man suddenly came by a lot of money

A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

• A. hero
• B. opposition
• C. villain
• D. heroine

Based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes

• A. Maria
• B. Olivia
• C. Roderigo
• D. Viola