This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An insincere literary work is known as

• A. parody
• B. paradox
• C. satire
• D. pathos

This question is based on General Literary Principles. With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,

And purple-stained mouth,'

John Keats, 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The above lines are an example of

• A. tautology
• B. comic relief
• C. euphemism
• D. consonance

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

'' I could swim when I was five. Daddy taught me...

What's your father?''

''May dad's dead,'' he said quickly, ''and my mum...''

This dialogue is between

• A. Jack and Robert
• B. Jack and Ralph
• C. Jack and Piggy
• D. Piggy and Ralph

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

When words or phrases in either poetry or prose rise and fall measuredly, it is said that they

• A. have a regular rhythm
• B. rhyme
• C. are accented and unaccented
• D. are well structured

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the

• A. orchard of Macbeth
• B. witches' enclave
• C. forest of Dunsinane
• D. death-place of King Duncan

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A novel which depicts the adventures of the main character who is usually something of a rogue is a

• A. comedy
• B. fable
• C. prose
• D. picaresque

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people.

A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.

beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'

This statement in the play refers to the

• A. attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
• B. marital status of Queen Victoria
• C. hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
• D. Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria

This question is based on General Literary Principles. In literature, a round character is associated with

• A. change and growth
• B. stability and determination
• C. simplicity and modesty
• D. running down other characters

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'

'' The old man himself does not believe in it

But when people see you doing something to get ahead, they become jealous and shout the slogans against you .''

What is being referred to in these lines?

• A. Christianity
• B. Pan Africanism
• C. Socialism
• D. Capitalism

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'He sprung about the room in thick socks, from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer'. Georgina Hammick, Habits

The passage above suggests

• A. haste
• B. lack of organization
• C. controlled movement
• D. untidiness