O'deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!

Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind

Prince, taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law,

And turned that black word death to banishment.

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speaker in the passage above is

• A. Apothecary
• B. Lord Capulet
• C. Lord Montague
• D. Friar Lawrence

Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith works in the Record Department of the Ministry of

• A. Peace
• B. Plenty
• C. Love
• D. Truth

....Put up thy sword

Or manage it to part these men with me.

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speech above was made when

• A. Romeo and Paris engaged themselves in a fight
• B. Benvolio tries to separate the servants of the feuding families
• C. Tybalt challenges Romeo to duel
• D. Prince Escalus arrives to make peace between the families

Based on Buchi Emecheta''s The Joys of Motherhood, Adaku remains faithful to Nnaife until she

• A. is rebuked by the Ibuza society for abusing Nnu Ego
• B. becomes rich and powerful
• C. starts keeping unnecesary friends
• D. is unable to give birth to a male child

These question is based on General Literary Principles.

The figure of speech in which the writer means the exact opposite of what he intends to say is

• A. paradox
• B. metaphor
• C. satire
• D. irony

Based on Ferdinand Oyono's the Old Man and the Medal, for his sacrifices to the church, Meka gets

• A. a place near an aged leper
• B. a land to build a new house
• C. appointed into the church elders' council
• D. the privileged to choose a permanent place to sit

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a

• A. stanza in poetry
• B. meter in poetry
• C. trope in poetry
• D. verse in poetry

In Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Nnu Ego is blamed for the misfortunes of her

• A. parents
• B. husband
• C. siblings
• D. children

These question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

'Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night.'

The villain in the excerpt above is

• A. engaging in a shouty match
• B. holding a sword to commit murder
• C. attempting to steal
• D. attending a feast uninvited

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeoti's Naked Soles is

• A. hyperbole
• B. onomatopoeia
• C. zeugma
• D. oxymoron