If you touch me, I shall smash your face with this bottle Based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters, the issue at stake is that

• A. Maanan is trying to compromise
• B. Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan
• C. James sees Awere as a bad influence
• D. Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her husband

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

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

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the lines above suggests that the tragedy in the play

• A. could have been averted
• B. is predestined
• C. is brought on enmity
• D. brought misfortune on the lovers

A device in drama where a character speaks alone is

• A. soliloquy
• B. aside
• C. apostrophe
• D. dialogue

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles. The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

In Houseman's To an Athlete Dying Young, the persona addresses the dead athlete using

• A. Monologue
• B. Dialogue
• C. Apostrophe
• D. Prologue

The all seeing sun

Ne'er saw match since first the world begun.

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,

The lines above were spoken by

• A. Count Paris in praise of Juliet
• B. Romeo in praise of Juliet
• C. Romeo in praise of Roseline
• D. Lady Capulet in praise of Roseline

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

__________decides that Juliet should marry a young man named Paris, who has been asking for her hand

• A. Friar Laurence
• B. Lord Capulet
• C. Balthasar
• D. Friar John

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

• A. pyrrhic
• B. props
• C. pathos
• D. parody

These questions are based on General Literary Principles. Satirical writing employs

• A. synecdoche
• B. irony
• C. onomatopoeia
• D. epigram

In literary devices, pun deals with

• A. placing words side by side
• B. playing on words
• C. arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
• D. placing two opposite phrases