Literature Past Questions And Answers
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul is an example of
- A. oxymoron
- B. epigram
- C. epithet
- D. bathos
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.
Henchard arranged a meeting with Susan that the Ring instead of in his house because
- A. the Ring was a meeting-warden for lovers
- B. the Ring was a spot for appointments of furtive kind
- C. Susan was ashamed to come over to his house
- D. his reputation as the church-warden and mayor was at stake
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
The speaker is
- A. Laertes
- B. Polonius
- C. Hamlet
- D. Claudius
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
Narrative poem indicates that the poet is attempting to
- A. preach a sermon
- B. tell a story
- C. summarize a story
- D. describe a place
SECTION E - African Prose
BAYO ADEBOWALE: Lonely Days
What impression do you form of Yaremi in the novel?
This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Habu Adams ends up in the novel as a
- A. married man
- B. repentant husband
- C. successful businessman
- D. lame lover
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.
In John Donne's Death, be not Proud, the poet believes that death is
- A. immortal
- B. mighty
- C. pleasurable
- D. dreadful
NON-AFRICAN DRAMA
BERNARD SHAW: Arms and the Man
Assess the character of Raina Petkoff
In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a _________?
- A. device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
- B. situation in which a character speaks or acts against the tread of events
- C. difficult situation which defies a local or rational resolution
- D. device in which the actor act on stage