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.

In Owonibi's Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars

• A. are concerned with their daily needs
• B. always worry about heaven
• C. rarely sleep and dream
• D. attend conferences in towns

Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, in the Achike family,the character who is central to the theme is

• A. Jaja
• B. Kambili
• C. Mama
• D. Sisi

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.

Cheney-Coker's Myopia is a

• A. ballad
• B. dirge
• C. lament
• D. sonnet

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the worst calamity that can befall a woman is

• A. barreness
• B. inability to bear male children
• C. inability to marry
• D. divorce

In literature, a flat character can be described as one who

• A. is undeveloped
• B. undergoes changes
• C. dies abruptly
• D. achieves greatness

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.

Jared Angira is an African Poet from

• A. Ghana
• B. Sierra-Leone
• C. Kenya
• D. South Africa

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

• A. catharsis
• B. catastrophe
• C. epilogue
• D. exposition

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,the character associated with savagery in the play is

• A. Ferdinand
• B. Ariel
• C. Stephano
• D. Caliban

Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus

Eugene Achike in the novel is portrayed as

• A. a tough retired soldier
• B. a soft and gentle husband
• C. an uncompromising traditionalist
• D. a fanatical Catholic adherent

And when you trudge on your horny Pads

gullied like the soles of modern shoes

Pads that even jiggers cannot conquer

Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

• A. sole of a pauper
• B. sole of a soldier
• C. policeman
• D. madman