This question is based on General Literary Principles

A poem without a regular rhyme scheme is a

• A. traditional poem
• B. ballad
• C. lyrical poem
• D. blank verse

This question is based on Literary Principles

'History's stammerer when will your memory master the vowels of your father's name?

Niyi Osundare: Waiting Laughter's

The literary device used in the excerpt above is

• A. apostrophe
• B. rhetorical question
• C. pun
• D. run-on-line

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Aesthetics in literature has to do with the creation of

• A. imagery
• B. lines
• C. beauty
• D. themes

This question is based on General Literary Principles

When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becauses

• A. an irony
• B. a symbol
• C. a subject
• D. an epigram

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

• A. who has a superlative administrative style
• B. with a living conscience that torments him
• C. to whom past events have no significance
• D. with an admirable physical appearance

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Cast in a play refers to

• A. all the actors
• B. three of the actors
• C. a few of the actors
• D. an exclusive social class in the play

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

'I wish him luck with his infidel friends But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time, one sun at a time'

The speaker in the passage above is referring to a

• A. moon gazer
• B. slave raider
• C. muezzin
• D. usurper

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A careful choice of words dictated by a particular mood or an event refers to

• A. regression
• B. cadence
• C. rhyme
• D. tone

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

The poet-persona in Serenade is

• A. boastful B. arrogant
• B. arrogant
• C. persuasive
• D. deceptive

This question is based on Literary Principles

'And the promised pleasure will the face of vanished treasure in the face of plundered pound hidden beneath roots of greener grasses in a land far from the masses

The tone of the poem above is

• A. optimistic
• B. interrogative
• C. persuasive
• D. pessimistic