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

In Clark's Agbor Dancer, the the poet watches the dancer with

• A. spite
• B. despair
• C. nostalgia
• D. rhapsody

This question is based on General Literary Principles

The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as

• A. hamartia
• B. anagnorisis
• C. hubris
• D. anamnesis

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Monometer is a

• A. single meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
• B. line repeated in the first syllable of a word
• C. single foot used in John Milton's sonnets
• D. line of verse consisting of a metrical foot

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Which of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue?

• A. Lament
• B. Ode
• C. Sonnet
• D. Epic

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

Characterization in the play comprises three major groups of

• A. counsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers
• B. court officials, British soldiers and beggars
• C. court officials, British official and people
• D. people soldiers and beggars

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Zeugma is a figurative device in which a

• A. noun refers to two parts of an expression
• B. conjunction governs two parts of an expression
• C. verb refers to two parts of an expression
• D. pronoun governs two parts of an expression

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

'Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister;

And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shoot and danger of danger of desire.

The Chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.

In the excerpt above, Laertes warns Ophelia to beware of Hamlet's attentions because

• A. of his insanity
• B. such attentions cannot be given by too young a person
• C. of his mournful state
• D. the sincerity of his love is in doubt

This question is based on General Literary Principles

The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

• A. epitasis
• B. protasis
• C. catharsis
• D. catastasis

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

The use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the

• A. anger of the peasants
• B. beauty of the poem
• C. distressed mood of the persona
• D. arrangement of the stanzas

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

If I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice... Is meal

Heron:Pardon me.

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

• A. plagiarism
• B. anaphora
• C. paralipsis
• D. alliteration