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Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Correct Option

2000

LITERATURE

QUESTION 1 to 4 are based on Femi Osofisans Morountodun.

Titubis experience at the peasants camp is narrated

through a dramatic technique called

reflection

projection
dramatic irony

flashback.

The language of the play is

ambiguous

condemnatory

apolitical

metaphoric.

Use the passage below to answer questions 3 and 4. ...We have no electric, and we still drink tanwiji from the
stream. Many of our children are in jail... We protested and your police mounted expeditions to maim us and reduce
our houses to ashes...
The images depicted are those of

poverty and opulence

opulence and brutality

suffering and depression

suffering and brutality

The speech is made by

Titubi role-playing Moremi

Niniola role-playing Titubi

Mama Kayode role-playing Baba

Molade role-playing Marshal

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Questions 5 to 9 are based on William Shakespeares Twelfth Night. X: What country, friends, is this? Y: This is Illyria,
lady. X: And what should I do in Illyria? My brother he is in Elysium.

Perchance he is not drownd;...

The dialogue above takes place

in the captains ship

in Illyria

by the sea-coast of Illyria

by the sea-coast after Illyria

The author successfully conveys his message through

interior monologue

comedy of manners

satirical performances
comedy of errors.

Valentine: ...But, like a cloistress, she will veiled walk, And water once a day her chamber round With eve-offending
brine; all this to season... The imagery above describes

Violas deep sorrow for her drowned brother

Olivias deep sorrow over the loss of her

brothers love

Violas grief over a love she cannot show

Olivias intense grief over the death of her

brother

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The play is about love

longing and ambition

pretence and hatred

loss and death

commitment and marriage.

Two major elements of the diction in the play are the

scenes and roles of characters

political and educational background of players

gender and class of the speakers

status and emotion of the speakers

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Questions 10 to 12 are based on Camara Layes The African Child.

The success of the novel lies in the authors

realistic portrayal of Layes courtship with Marie

effective use of sociological and fictional

Materials

recreation of an African childhood in

Conakry

use of traditional elements for colour.

11

The most important objects in the hut are the

prayer-rugs

implements used in the Workshop

tool-boxes of Camaras father

pots containing the magic charms

D

12

The friendship between Laye and Marie lasted

because

they were schoolmates

they had mutual respect for each other

his uncle approved of her

Marie was a beautiful girl.

13

Questions 13 to 15 are based on Buchi Emechetas second class citizen. The novel is an expose of the

pre-eminent position of boys in lgboland

experience of Adahs mother in the police cell C.

travails of the girl-child

marriage costoms of the lgbo

14

For her act of child neglect, Adahs mother was forced by the police to

taste raw and black pepper

sleep in solitary cell

drink a bowel of garri

pay a fine of ten shillings

15

Adahs sojourn in London reveals that

marriage is an equal partnership between

spouses

her marriage improves

Francis is a hardworking man

the plight of the black woman does not change

16

Questions 15 to 21 are based on Ernest Hemingways The Old Man and the Sea.

The old mans experience is a lesson in

endurarte and hardwork

happiness and reliance

indolence and regret

achievement and celebration.

17
The old man was dreaming about the lions suggests

that he is

going to hunt lions

still Determined and hopeful

afraid of future struggle

about to enter new jungles.

18

The novel is set in the

white peaks of the Canary Islands

fishing coast of Havana

fishing coast of Cienfuegos

fishing village of Casablanca

D
19

The plot of the novel revolves around

the adventure of a great fish

a mans adventure on the sea

a mans fight with a great fish

a boys fight with a great fish.

20

The skeleton of the fish is brought by the shore to

draw sympathy for the old man

show the old mans fruitless effort

show that the skeleton itself is useful

mock the misadventure of the old man.

D

21

The authors thematic concern is

the boys assistance to the old man

life in a fishing community

the achievements of the old man

the ability to rise above defeat

22

Questions 22 to 31 are based on selected poems from I?. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New

Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds): A

Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English
A. E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of
Longer Poems. Hurrah for Thunder by Christopher Okigbo could be

regarded as a call to

beware of the animals in the jungle

beware of the effects of thunder

condemn the destructive qualities of elephants

be conscious and vigilant of mans abuse of power

23

My bottom raven black-one moment madam! sensing Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap The extract above
from Wole Soyinkas Telephone Conversation shows the friction between

madam and receiver

tenant and telephone

landlady and tenant

receiver and thunderclap

C
24

In Wole Soyinkas Telephone Conversation, the dominant literary technique deployed is

alliteration

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

simile.

25

David Rubadiris Stanley meets Mutesa symbolically

describes the meeting between

a black king and a white man

Stanley and Mutesa

the West and Africa

Europe and a black king

C

26

The pervasive mood of the speaker in Mtshalis Nightfalls!! in Soweto is that of

elation and joy

terror and insecurity

darkness and threat

celebration and freedom.

27

The stanza form of Mapanjes When this Carnival Finally Closes is

a sonnet

an irregular verse

an address
a free verse

28

The dominant images in Niyi Osundares They Too are

the Earth are

disease, illness and death

aristocracy, affluence and wealth

poverty. suffering and the downtrodden

greed, aristocracy and the ambitious

29

... It is not yet dawn And we wake from one nightmare To another. In these lines from Ojaides The Owl Wakes Use
the mood is that of a
terrifying dream

seemingly endless night

vicious cycle of oppression

personas experience

30

In Brownings My Last Duchess, the poet- personas attitude to the Duchess is that of

anger

love

sadness

scorn.

31
In Ode on a Grecian Urn, John Keats is concerned with

the impermanence of the Grecian Urn

human and eternal love

the youthfulness of lovers

everlasting beauty of art

32

Questions 32 to 43 are based on General Literary Principles.

The term for the moral flaw or weakness that leads to the downfall of a major character in drama is

chaos

hamartia

denouement

reversal.

33
The figure of speech in which a character makes a

statement that has or would have deep and serious

implication in the play is

aside

euphemism

dramatic irony

textual contrast.

34

A character who does not develop or experience change in the course of his or her existence in a novel is a

round character

flat character

rounded character

major character
B

35

A panegyric poem is composed to

elaborate

abuse

condemn

praise.

36

The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

objective narrator

omniscient narrator

subjective narrator
participatory narrator

37

A primary ballad is associated with

educated people

urban folk

the nomads

rural folk

38

A trilogy is the

sequence of three plays written by the same author

set of three one-act drama written by related authors

collection of three poems of equal length

series of related stories divided into three

equal parts

39

A novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue who does not change much in the course of the story is

romanesque

grotesque

picaresque

burlesque.

40

The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is
motif

ritual

myth

concept.

41

Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated is an instance of

parody

paradox

parallelism

metonymy.

42
Mock-heroic poetry elevates

the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer

trivial subject-matter by using the style of the

classical epic

the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner

the important tales of heroes of the past era.

43

Lineation refers to

tracing family descent of people in verse

the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse

the arrangement of lines in verse form

the grouping together of a number of units of

rhythm

B
44

Questions 44 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up
a long hill...He prayed again Father, look after her. Give her peace... Take away my peace forever,

but give her peace Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.

The mans reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is

tolerant

compassionate

prayerful

loving.

45

Use the dialogue below to answer questions 45 and

46. LINDA: (hearing WILLY outside the Bedroom, calls with some trepidation): Willy, WILLY: Its all right, I came back.
LINDA: Why? What happened? (slight pause) Did something happen, Willy? WILLY: No, nothing happened. Arthur
Miller, Death of a Salesman Lindas words above express a feeling of

darkness and horror

too early

not expected

normal.

46

. Willys first words show that his coming back is

ill-timed

too early

not expected

normal.

47
. In Umuaro it is not our custom to refuse a call, although we may refuse to do what the caller asks.

Ezeulu does not want to refuse the whitemans call and so he is sending his son! Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God the
lines above illustrate the use of

traditional parable

deep metaphor

extended proverb

local colour

48

Those who have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying let them spend our
earths fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war. The last banquet shall be their childrens children

Blood Kofi Anyidoho Blood Harvest The stanza above succinctly presents the

problem of war

problem of hunger

folly of soldiers
repercussion of violence.

49

Thus; quixoting till a cast-off of my land I sing and fare, person to loved-one pressed braced for this pressure and
the captors hand that snaps off service like a

weathered strand... Dennis Brutus A Troubadour I Traverse

In the lines above, the poet-persona expresses

defiance

resignation

fear

sorrow.

50
. Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs.. I have never known you but your blood flows in my
veins Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields... David Diop, Africa In the lines above, Diop uses

personification

onomatopoeia

simile

metaphor.

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S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Correct Option

2001

LITERATURE

Question 1 to 9 are based on Literary Appreciation.

Careened, These oily tears Gripping down the tears on your depressed face, Will one day be staunched, Swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears. The tone of the poet is

optimistic

supplicatory
sympathetic

piteous.

- The tone is optimistic because it predicts an end to the shedding of tears. The phrase oily tears is a metonymy for
oil spill being a cause of sorrow (i.e. tears) to the addressee, and the poet being of a strong hope that oil spilling and
attendant

suffering will become a past tense matter

(staunched) sooner than later, is clearly

OPTIMISTIC

Lift not the painted veil which those who live call life: though unreal shapes be pictured there, And it but mimic all
we would believe With colours idly spread, - behind, lurk fear, P.B. Shelley, Sonnet.The stanza above is n example of
a

quatrain

couplet

free veree

limerick.

The stanza is a quatrain because it has

four lines

. Symbol of fruitfulness, symbol of barrenness Mother and destroyer, the calm and the storm! Life and desire and
dreams and death Are born of the sea; this swarming land.

Frank Collymore, Hymn to the Sea. The address to the sea in the lines above is done by the use of

personification

praise

Symbolism

apostrophe.

- Addressing the sea as if it is a human being is an example of apostrophe.

The sea is not qualified with human being

pronoun grammatical references

(personification) or eulogized (praised)

being addressed as a second-person human being, present with the poet.

4
When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it, I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose. I

immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor. Isidore Okpewho, The Last Outy. The reaction in the passage
above is that of

rejection

anger

protest

nausea.

- The feeling of nausea is indicated by words like shocked, odour and spat.

CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle. CYCLIST: All right, If youre sure it wont take

long. BARBER: I am known for my lightning dippers, Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire
battalion between one coup and the next.

Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy when youve abandoned it for some time...

Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy. The literary devices in the dialogue above are

humour and irony

allusion arid paradox

irony and parody

hyperbole and allusion

The excerpt smacks of plenteous

exaggerations (hyperbole), and a onceupon- a time reference (allusions).

For seven days it rained that June; A storm halt out to sea kept turning around like

dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that complained in his hair. John Updike, Wash. The images
set in the lines above are of

the days of Noah

rain and flood in June

discomfort and likely destruction

an animal, insects and fun

There is element of discomfort and

likelihood of destruction for rain to be on

for seven days.

7

We have been asleep, Mr. Speaker, my fellow citizens; asleep in our dream of security!

Asleep in our well-meaning, sportsmanlike way of wishing the other fellow well. Asleep in the false security of
accepting all men of goodwill who would be free as men of honor. Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth. The force of the speech
above is sustained on

delivery

musicality

repetition

oratory.

- The word asleep is repeated several times

within a short space. The oratory effect called force of the speech excerpt is enhanced by the emphatic repetition of
the word asleep.

Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeds upon the principle
that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over. Charles
Dickens, Hard Time. From the passage above, Thomas Gradgrind is
dogmatic

hostile

theoretical

eloquent.

- Mr. Thomas Gradgrind is projected as a

yes-man, completely initiative-deficient, hence his being a dogmatic, in the excerpt.

He will not be persuaded to change his

opinion.

Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and
thought he had drowned. He knew this was one of the many ways the Genera? meditated, but the ecstasy in which
he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth

The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of

labyrinth

drowning

forgetfulness
trance.

- The man was in trance. His oldest servant

...found him floating naked with his eyes

open in the purifying waters of his bath and

thought he had drowned.

For the fact that he lay drifting in addition

to a man no longer of this world portends

getting into a situation that was not

planned or controlled.

10

Questions 10 to 13 are based on Ernest Hemingways The Old Man and the Sea. The character boy is
used alongside the old Man in the novel to demonstrate

the humiliation that is in old age

mans refusal to grow old

different types of characters in the story

the failing productivity that accompanies old

age

- The old man and the boy portends the

failing productivity that accompanies old age

While one is old and experienced, the other is young and inexperienced.

11

The Old Man and the Sea epitomizes

the relationship between a man and a fish

the vain expectations of man

life on the high seas

a fulfilled life.

- The old mans expectations are in vain.

After a hard struggle, all he could come

back home with, after going several days without any catch, are bones.

12
The skeleton of the marlin implies the

sharks predatory inclination

futility of human struggle

old mans lack of faith

old mans incompetence in fishing

- The old man takes his efforts as futile as the marlin arrives at the beach with him, as a skeleton, rather than a
complete fish,

having been accosted by sharks.

13

Santiago loses his catch to the sharks

because

the blood attracts them

he does not sail home early

the sharks are predators

it is too dark.
B

- The old man loses his catch because of the

blood that attracts the sharks.

14

Questions 14 to 16 are based on Camara Layes The African Child.Layes stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a
lot about

his unwillingness to stay with his parents

his affection for his uncle

. the strength of communal living in Africa

. the irresponsibility of his parents

- Laye fits into Uncle Mamadous family as just another child in the family, showing that communal living is strong.

15

The setting of The African Child is a kingdom with

Islamic and modern traditions

pre-Islamic and lslamic traditions

pre-lslamic traditions

pre-Islamic and modern traditions

- The pre-Islamic and Islamic traditions.

16

Layes first-person narrative technique

makes the work very humorous

makes his work less realistic

quickens the tempo of his narrative

makes his story more believable

- The novel is autobiographical Layes first person narrative technique lends credibility to the story.

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Questions 17 to 19 are based on Buchi Emeohetas Second Class Citizen. Pa Noble became a living legend
because

several conflicting stories were woven

around him

he attained the status of a first- class citizen

he was the only successful son of a Benin

chief

he was rich and very generous.

- Pa Noble became a living legend because

different types of conflicting stories were

woven around him.

18

The marriage of Adah and Francis collapses because of

Adahs unfaithfulness to Francis

the influence of British culture

Adahs desire for personal fulfilment

external pressures on the couple

- Adah's desire for personal fulfillment leads to the collapse of the marriage of Adah and

Francis.

19

central theme in Second Class Citizen is that women should

be involved in national and international

politics

beware of men and their sweet words

seek spiritual guidance before going into marriage

free themselves from the negative forces of patriarchy.

- The central theme in Second Class Citizen is that women should free themselves from negative forces of patriarchy

20

Questions 20 to 24 are based on Femi Osofisans Morountodun.

The character of Marshal in the play shows that

human beings are selfless

human beings are the same

men love women

human beings love power.

- The character of Marshal shows that

human beings are in passionate love with power.

21

The sub-plots of the play are united by

an interest in peace

the audience participation

a lack of focus

a common concern for the heroine

- The heroine brings together all the subplots.

22
The war in the play symbolizes the struggle between the

capitalists and the socialists

bourgeoisie and the proletariat

market women and the men

farmers and the consumers.

- The play is written from the socialist

perspective which holds that the most

important social issue is the class struggle

between those who produce wealth, the

proletariat and those who appropriate the wealth, the bourgeoisie.

23

The diction of the play can be described as

political and rhetorical

arrogant and condemnatory

urgent but apolitical

poetic but difficult

- The play deals with political issues.

24

The frequent intervention of the Director makes the stage experience of Morountodun ver

prolonged

boring

informal

uncoordinated

- A director is usually unobtrusive but for

Morountodun, the casts sit among the

audience and the director intervenes

frequently to make the stage experience

informal

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Questions 25 to 29 are based on William Shakespeares Twelfth Night Malvolio: Not yet old enough for a
man, nor young

enough for a boy; as a squash is before t is a peascod, or a codling when t is almost an apple; it is with him in
standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his
mothers milk were scarce out of him. The images in the quotation above express the speakers

contempt and admiration

hatred and pity

contempt and disregard

disregard and pity.

- The expression well favoured denotes

admiration. The expression shewishly

shows contempt.

Malvolio is contemptuous of the young man as immature, but he admires his eloquence and logical arguments.

26

Come away, come away, death,

And in sad cypress let me be laid... In the lines above, the character is

expressing his preference for a cypress

coffin

expressing his unhappiness about death

lamenting over his unreciprocated love

wishing for death to come

The character has not won the attention

of the person he loves.

27

The traditional verse form of speech as dialogue in Twelfth Night is used to symbolize the

impressiveness of the character

distinction between verse and prose

function of poetry in the play

traditionality of the play

It is the important characters who speak in verse.

28

. Duke: Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds, Rather than make unprofited return. Dukes statement above to
Cesario means that he should

make trouble to see Olivia

jump the fence to see Olivia

shout to be seen and heard by Olivia

fortify himself against any denial to see Olivia.

- The Duke does not want Cesario to come back without seeing Olivia, so, he instructs

Cesario to even cause trouble if that is the only way he could see Olivia.

29

Twelfth Night is preoccupied with the juxtaposition of

death and disappointment

appearance and reality

life and disappointment

love and death.

The plays major and minor plots are

crafted as mistaking-identities.

30

Questions 30 to 42 are based on selected poeiis from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (eds.): New Poetry
from Africa; Wole

Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection

of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in- English; A.E
Eruvbetine and M. Jibrit, et at
(eds.): Longman Examination Guides:Poetry; E.W. Parker fed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems and D.l.
Nwoga (ed.): West

African Verse. . In Niyi Osundares They Too Are The Earth, musical effect is achieved by

repetition

double rhymes

assonance

end rhymes.

- In They Too Are The Earth, musical effect is achieved through repetition.

31

. ...In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens 10th? What mad pursuit? What
struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? In Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn, the recurrent

use of the rhetorical question in the lines above suggests

admiration and amazement

confusion and fear

shock and surprise

worry and sadness

A
- The recurrent use of rhetorical questions

shows the admiration and amazement felt by the poet

32

The rhyming pattern in the last stanza of Okigbos Hurrah for Thunder makes the stanza

an octave

a quatrain

. a couplet

a sestet

- The two lines are consecutive lines of verse that rhyme together usually in the

same metre.

33

The theme of Brownin9s My Last Duchess is

an aristocratss marital problems

the pitfalls of a duchess now dead

an ambassadors personal life

the pride and arrogance of an aristocrat.

The Duke is proud and arrogant, so, he looks down on the Duchess.

Throughout the poem, the aristocratic Duke remains vainglorious- as he sings the song of the bad and unethical
reasons,

volunteered for the murder of his Duchess.

34

Tanure Ojaides The Owl Wakes Us portrays a society that is

unstable

hunted by the owl

gripped with fear

peaceful.

- It portrays a society that is unstable.

The owl is a fear-inspiring creature, yet,

heightened fearfulness is manifestation

35

In Mapanjes When This Carnival Finally Closes, the poet is describing the

rote of spirits in a carnival

preparation for a carnival

role of drumming and dancing in a carnival

role of sycophancy and bad leadership

- The poet is describing the role of

sycophancy and bad leadership

36

From the tone of Wole Soyinkas Telephone Conversation, the two persons talking hold each other in

mutual suspicion

deep affection

high esteem

outright contempt.
A

- Both the prospective tenant and landlady

suspect each other.

37

The major theme of Thomas Grays Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is that death renders life

meaningless for the rich

meaningful for the poor

. meaningful for all

- Nobody, whether poor or rich, can avoid death. At death, man passes into

forgetfulness and indifference to the world and its activities.

38

In Rubadiris Stanley Meets Mutesa, the poet portrays the hardship experienced by the

explorers party through

visual and verbal images

visual and tactile images

olfactory and visual images

. auditory and olfactory images

- The poet portrays the hardship

experienced by the explorers party through

visual and tactile images.

The explorers party encountered danger

face-to-face and they engaged their senses

of touch, in dealing with most of the

dangers surmounted

39

Brownings My Last Duchess apparently shows Dukes

hatred for common love

desire to marry beautiful women

appreciation of works of art

praise of Era Pandoif

- The Duke is highly appreciative of his Duchess portrait painted by Fra Pandolf and

8 he speaks gloriously of the bronze cast seahorse

for him by claws of Innsbruck

40

John KeatsOde on a Grecian Urn expresses the idea that

the Grecian Urn is ancient

the Grecian Urn is mysterious

every work of art is beautiful

life is long, art is longer

- The urn is described as of everlasting-span longer than a mans life-span.John Keats states that a thing of beauty is
joy forever.

41
In Oswald Mtshalis Nightfall in Sowefo, night

drives mans enemy

fools mans enemy

hides mans enemy

aids mans enemy

- There is a clear reason in the way the poet

aphostrophically addresses night as his

mortal enemy (agent of death), in the last line of the poem. Night enables evil people to carry out their aims.

42

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly oer the lea, The

plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. In the lines above from
Grays Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, the imagery is

of an approaching night in a rustic setting

of an approaching death in a village

about a village under a curfew one night

of a man abandoned in his homeward

journey.

- The poem is about the approach of night in a village

43

Questions 43 to 50 are based on General Literary Principles.

The most important concepts in poetry are

story and action

plot and rhythm

rhythm and imagery

plot and character

- Poetry depends on rhythm and imagery.

These mostly enhance lead-ways to the

messages and poetic beauties underlining a

piece of poem.

44
The literary device which anticipates that an event will take place is best described as

foreshadowing

rising action

flashback

parody.

- Foreshadowing anticipates what is yet.

Flashback relates to the past, parody is

mimickery, while rising-action may not be a register common to literary appreciation

45

The flat character in a literary work

is the same as the round character

cannot be found in an allegory

is capable of growing

always embodies a quality

D
- The flat character in a literary work always

embodies a quality.

He neither grows, nor turns a round

character, and often greatly manifests in

allegories.

46

The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

tragedy

nemesis

catharsis

hubris.

- Hubris is the uncontrollable pride that

causes the downfall of a hero. An action of the past (nemesis), or tragedy

as a drama form, or catharsis (powerful or

violent emotional development), are not

synonymous with pride inherent of tragic flaws.

47

A farce refers to a drama that has elements of

the

serious

satiric

comic

tragic.

- A farce makes people laugh. It is a pretty

ingredient of comedy.

48

Catharsis is experienced

after one has written a play

when a play is still being staged

before watching a play

after watching a play.

- Catharsis, the action of getting rid of

troublesome feelings, comes when watching a play.

49

An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a

diary

novel

novella

short story

A novel is a fictional narrative which is realistic and of a certain length.

Diary is never fictional. Novella and short

story are limitedly realistic fictions.

50
The technique in which both the stage and the auditorium are involved in a play production is

called

theatre of the absurd

role-playing

audience participation

. total theatre

- The stage consists of the cast and the

auditorium is made up of the audience.

A total theatre implies the space, effects

audience, cast and costumes, role-playing is

casting, while theatre of the absurb

connotes a trouble.
S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Correct Option

2002

LITERATURE
Question 1 to 3 are based on Abubakar Gimbas Witnesses to Tears In the novel, Al-Amins initial
reservations about his daughters engagement to Lahac are informed by

a premonition of his death

ahabs doubtful morality

Hussainas immaturity

his fear of loneliness.

Al-Amins reservations are informed by Lahabs doubtful morality

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are

Saahir and Lahab

Lahab and Hussaina

Lahab and Sagiir

Al-Amin and Hussaina

- The witnesses to tears in the novel are Lahab and Saahir.

3
The novel is largely set in

Futa Torn

Sabonville city

Alligator city

Nuclear city.

- The novel is largely set in Sabouville City.

Questions 4 to 7 are based on George Orwells Animal Farm Old Major ends his speech to the animals with a
song in order to

spur them to action

entertain them

display his ability to sing

teach them how to sing an anthem

A
- The song is to motivate the animals to act

to free themselves.

The issue at stake to Old Major is not

entertainment neither is it singing and song making.

The execution of some of the animals on the orders

of Napoleon is to

prevent Snowball from coming back to the farm

make the pigs constitute themselves into a

special class

achieve the pigs socialist goals without further

delay

pave way for Napoleon to become an absolute ruler.

- Napoleon uses the execution to put fear in

the animals so that they will accept him as a

dictator.
The order is the first step towards gagging of opposition to his dictatorial interest.

The message of the novel is that

capitalism is as bad as communism

humanism is better than animalism

communism is better than capitalism

no society exists where everyone is equal.

- The animals start with the claim that all

animals are equal and end declaring that

some animals are more equal than others.

The animals in the first instance revolt

against capitalism where a few controls

the wealth, whereas the animals`

communism again degenerates into

another set of few people in control of

the wealth.
7

After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the triumvirate that ran the farm was composed of

Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer

Jessie, Napoleon and Bluebell

Boxer, Old Major and Napoleon

Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon.

- Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer are the three main pigs that rule together in the

farm.

Questions 8 to 10 are based on S. I. Osammors The Triumph of the Water Lily. The dominant impression of
the first person narrative in the novel gives it

an omniscient characte

an epistolary character

biographical character
an autobiographical character

- The first person narrative technique gives

the story an autobiographical character.

It is a pre-requisite literary device for writing autobiographies.

The persona of the novel sees death as a welcome event provided one

has loved and cared for ones spouse

has left behind children to be remembered by

has fulfilled ones destiny on earth

will haunt the living for the past offences

The persona of the novel sees death as a

welcome event provided one has fulfilled

ones destiny on earth.

10
The metaphor of the Water Lily in the novel is indicative of

the tragic demise of Odibe

death as the finality of mans experience

victory over tribulation

the tragic demise of Nkem

- The water lily always floats over water

thus translating metaphorically to

overpowering, dominion or triumph over

some challenges. The metaphor is indicative of victory over tribulation.

11

Questions 11 to 20 are based on Literary Appreciation

But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size and attractive appearance;
and most obscurely, yet powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on
the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. Golding, Lord of the Flies. In the passage
above, the conch symbolises

bestiality

authority

dictatorship

civilization.

- The person with the conch commands the

attention of others.

12

. The old Squire was an implacable man: he made

resolutions in violent anger, but he was not moved from them after his anger subsided as fiery as volcanic matters
cool and harden into rock George Eliot, Silas Marner In the statement above, the Squire is portrayed as a

kind and generous friend

father to everyone in the community

miserly and ungracious ruler

quick tempered and adamant man

D

The squire is said to make decisions in

anger which he never changes.

13

. I m not going to be drawn into that old trap of an argument and be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a
sewer. The speaker in the statement above is being

symbolical

analogical

metaphorical

parabolical.

- Analogy is made between two things to

show that they are similar in some way.

The situations coded old trap of an argument and wet rat picked up by its tail are analogues and not symbols or

metaphors or a ten-sided object called

parabola.

14
Use the excerpt below to answer questions 14 and 15 Oshor . . . Winds howl forth-howl forth, oh hold back
hold back-is it the time- endless time-slung in oblivion, make minced meat of your prey. Charity Angya, The Cycle of
the Moon. The mood captured in the lines above is one of

fear

happiness

indifference

joy

- Fear is suggested by the word howl. The poet is apprehensive that the wind`s

strength might endanger him.

15

The literary device used is

parallelism

irony

onomatopoeia
repetition.

- The expressions howl forth and hold back

are repeated

16

Those years of my travels. Years of innocence and experience.., months of twidding my thumbs with insecurity. In
search of my true people. Yes, in search of my true people. But wherever I went I did not find people but caricatures
of people who insisted on being taken seriously as people. Perhaps I was on the wrong planet. In the wrong skin.

Dambudzo-Marechera, Black Sunlight. The passage above expresses the state of mind of

an alienated man

an adventurer

a renegade soldier

a prisoner

He goes about looking for his people but

finds them not.

The speaker is not in conformity with the

new realities dawning on him

17

If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already He II be as full of

quarrel and offence As my young mistress dog... Shakespeare, Othello From the statement above it can be inferred
that the

speaker is

disobedient

quarrelsome

servile

scheming.

- The speaker is plotting how to manipulate

as to disgracing another person referred to as ~him~ in a way to make him angry.

18

That is why we must acc-c-cept the universal d-d- dome, b-b-because there is d-d-d-direction. The b- b-bridge is the
dd-dome of r-religion and b-b- bridges d-ddontjjjust g-g-go from here to there; a bridge also faces backwards Wole
Soyinka, The Interpreters The idiolectal feature of the characters speech is the
repetition of consonant sounds

multiplication of medial consonant sounds

repetition of initial consonant sounds

duplication of consonant sound clusters

All the sounds, repeated sounds, are initial

consonants

19

It was January and Monday. I began understand. After every weekend, my father had to gather his nerve to go back
to teaching During the Christmas

vacation he became slack and in a fury of screwturning had to retighter himself. The long haul he called the stretch
between Christmas and Easter. John Updike, The Centaur The long haul in the narrative above describes

a long strike

Christmas and Easter holidays

a long period of hard work

a long vacation

- The period between Christmas and Easter is mainly for work, not vacation.
Hauling is a working state still in progress

(not a strike, vacation or holiday).

20

Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils. torrential

downpour on leaking thatch roofs: painful comfort of helpless eunuchs; thorny beauty of modern witches; the
falcons call day-old-chicks, ours is tragi-comic dialogue:... mute echoes of pains. The sonority and rhythmical
structure of the lines

above are achieved through a pause- pattern called

enjambment

caesura

apostrophe

scansion.

- This is a pause-pattern for enhancing

movement from one major idea to another

or from one major point to another.

21
Questions 21 to 30 are based on General Literary Principles

A body of imaginative men and women of letters is

generally referred to as

litterateur

laureattes

literaria

literati.

The literati is a body of imaginative men

and women of letters

22

A poem written to celebrate ones wedding is

a pastora

an epithalamium

a prothalamium

a terza rima
D

- When a poem is described as an

epithalamium, it is one in celebration of marriage. It is an adopted concept since

1594 AD after Edmund Spencer`s poem

entitled `Upon The Bridal Chamber`

(English) epithalamium (Greek) written in celebration of his marriage to Elizabeth

Boyle that year 1594 AD.

23

An iambic metrical foot consists of

unstressed syllable following a stressed syllable

a stressed syllable following another stressed syllable

an unstressed syllable following another unstressed syllable

a stressed syllable following an unstressed

syllable.

It consists of an unstressed syllable

following a stressed syllable. It is the rhyme rule.

24

Empathy is achieved when the audience

fees betrayed by the director

denounces and humiliates the protagonist

vicariously participates in the stage experience

attacks the character foil

- Empathy occurs when the audience shares in the stage experience. The audience in the theatre follows
performance and

simultaneously understands the feelings of

the dramatis personae

25

The overall design of a drama to which all other

components relate is its

catharsis
exposition

structure

symbol.

- Structure is the overall design of a drama.

This is because the plot-structure of a play for performance is often set from

exposition to climax to anticlimax and

finally to denouement. The conflict of a performance will just be mentioned until it fully unfolds i.e., climaxed
whereas the

reasons why the conflict should no longer exist (anti-climax) follow from here until

final resolution of the conflicts

(denouement) takes place.

26

What does the protagonist do in a picaresque novel?

He embarks on a journey

He slow down the narration

He draws illustrate pictures

He becomes an artist.

- A picaresque novel tells about the travel of

the protagonist (an amusing main

character).

27

In the plot of a novel emphasis should be placed on

showing casual connection of incidents

the vivid presentation of incidents

the accurate presentation of incidents

narrating the truth of incidents

Plot is the sequence of events. In the

concept of the novel, the subject of truth is immaterial, so also are issues of accuracy or

vividity in incidents` presentation.

28
An irredeemable reversal of the heros fortune in a

tragedy is called

anagnorisis

peripeteia

purgation

hubris

Peripeteia is the reversal of fortune

suffered by a tragic hero. This is another

term for fatal flaw (a little distinct from

tragic-flaw) exposing a tragedy`s hero as a tragic character of the highest order.

29

A system of plot development which creates the future through anticipation and the past through

memory is

deja vu

avant-garde
medieval

metaphysical.

- Dj vu involves a situation in which one

has the strange feeling of having had the

current experience.

15 Medieval implies AD 1100 AD 1500. An

avantgarde is a form of literature which is

extremely modern and seemingly strange or

shocking whereas the term metaphysical in

literature is connected to literary forms

thriving ratiocination or wise arguments.

30

A limerick has

ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines

humour, rhyme scheme and five lines

formal and elaborate style and humour

a stinging climax, rhyme scheme and five lines

- A humorous short poem with two long

lines that rhyme with each other followed

by two short lines that rhyme with each other and ending with a long line that

rhymes with the first two

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on selected poems from Ker, D. 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; Umokoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in- English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al
(eds.): Longman Examination Guides

and Nwoga, D.l. (ed.): West African Verse, And my children left their peaceful nakedness For the uniform of
iron and blood In the lines above from David Diops Loser of Everything the imagery depicts a displacement of

innocence by violence

nature by science

village life by barrack life

the natural by the artificial

A
Peaceful nakedness stands for innocence

while iron and blood stands for violence

32

Yusuf Kassams Maji Maji is presented as a

traditional poem

narrative poem

lyric

dirge.

- MajiMaji by Kassam is a narrative poem

that tells a story. The poem, in a style of

narrator and an audience, narrates how the Germans first set their feet in Tanzania, to

effect their colonization

33
Pataki and mustard flowers Like blue and yellow eyes Peep through the green grass The literary devices used in the
lines above from Mohan Singhs Village Girl are

enjambment and alliteration

rhyme and limerick

simile and irony

repetition and assonance

- There is no pause and no end punctuation

but the line has a meaningful grammatical

meaning enjambment; alliteration - a

poetic or literary effect achieved by using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants

34

The theme of Kalu Ukas Earth to Earth is

the destruction of the earth

the early death of a loved one

burial and death

wan and mortality

C

- The theme of the poem is the early death

of a loved one

35

Lenrie Peters in She came in Silken Drapes reflects

the paradox of childbirth

the joy of motherhood

the mystery of love and childbirth

a womans agony in labour

The poem reflects the riddle of love and child-birth. The qualities of a female spouse`s dressing is predicative of the
love her male spouse will toast to advance the

relation towards a child-birth compliment

36

John Donnes Death be not Proud is informed by a

romantic inquest into the nature of mortality

rejection of the belief in eternity

metaphysical attack on the omnipotence of God

metaphysical persuasion on the immortality of

man

- The poem is informed by a metaphysical

persuasion on the immortality of man. The

poet ratiocinates that man is immortal,

since all the deads will awake at God`s

throne of judgement, on the last day.

37

The mood of the narrator in Mohan Singhs A Village Girl is one of

affection

antagonism

admiration

hatred
C

The mood is that of admiration. His

analytical and personalized affectionate

tone chosen for the narration point to this..

38

The dominant imagery in Kofi Awoonors The Cathedral is

olfactory

auditory

tactile

visual.

- In the poem, we visualize a tree, dirty

patch, surveyors, builders and finally, a huge senseless cathedral

39
I said I had the tree. It wasnt true. The opposite was true. The tree had me. The imagery in The tree had me from
Robert Frosts Wild Grapes is

the adventures of some wild children in the forest

the dramatic suspension of a child on a tree

the successful climbing of an adventurous boy

reminiscent of mans transcendentalism

The imagery is the dramatic suspension of

a child on a tree

40

Arthur Nortjes Nightfall depicts

the yearning for self-fulfilment in life

the horrors of nightfall

the yearning for love

anxiety at nightfall

- Arthur Nortjes Nightfall predicts the

yearning for self-fulfillment in life. The

poet`s expectation of summer at the nearly outset of winter season, description of

tomorrow as portending of sweetness if

somebody is hopeful all point to ambition

for future success.

41

Questions 41 to 45 are based on Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer The play is essentially about the

theft of Miss Nevilles trinket box

comedy of errors of one night

incompatibility of Mr and Mrs. Hardcastle

love affair between Kate and Marlow

- Marlow is in error about the identity of his

host.

42
In the play, the general picture depicted is that of

Lower-class degeneracy

successfully arranged marriages

chaotic value systems

clearly focused personalities

- Chaotic value systems. The play dwells on

ways of life that are barely easy to

comprehend for adoption.

43

From the stage directions, it is apparent that Oliver Goldsmith makes use of a

set each for the upper and lower classes

different set for each Act

variety of sets to suit the subject matter

single set in the whole play.

Poetry depends on rhythm and imagery.

These mostly enhance lead-ways to the

messages and poetic beauties underlining a

piece of poem.

44

Hardcastle: And I love every thing thats old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and I believe,
Dorothy (taking her hand) youll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife. Mrs. Hardcastle:

Lord, Mr. Hardcastle, youre forever at your Dorothys, and your old wifes. You may be a Darby, but Ill be no Joan, -l
promise you. I am not so old as youd make me, by more than one good year. The dialogue above reveals the
couples

fear of the unknown

difference in lifestyle

love for each other

humorous disposition

- The husband loves old things but the wife

does not

45
Kate could best be described as

a mild- tempered heroine

an unassuming aristocrat

a hot-tempered aristocrat

an acutely sensitive character.

Kate disagrees with her husbands

description of her as old but not angry.

46

Questions 46 to 50 are based on J.P. Clarks The Wives Revolt.

Characterization in the play is

economical but ineffective

economical and effective

elaborate but ineffective

elaborate and effective

B
- In J. P. Clarks The Wives Revolt,

characterization is economical and effective

as there are few characters

47

The play is preoccupied with

the fight by women to keep their goats

the evil that oil money breeds

women liberation from male domination

womens protest against mens wickedness

- The wives Revolt deals with women

liberation from male domination. Most of

the women in the play overtly or covertly

hardly gave in to the direct or indirect malechauvinism under-current in it.

48
The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is to

take to prostitution

carry out the nude act

abandon their husbands

abandon their children.

- By going naked publicly, the women can

demonstrate their indispensability

49

The plot of the play is lineal as reflected in the

episodic nature of the play

movement of the women

arrangement of the events in the play

progression of the argument of Okoro

- The arrangement of episodes makes the

plot lineal. The play`s incidents succeed into

16 one another according to points on a line

from left to the right.

50

OKORO: Ill kill her today.

IDAMA: No, you wont. There, run, Koko, oh, I say run [He pushes her gently but firmly towards her room] The event
above happens in

lyara when Okoro discovers Kokos infidelity

Erhuwaren when Koko suspects and accuses her husband

Erhuwaren when Okoro suspects Koko of infidelity

Erhuwaren before Kokos return from lyara

- Of course, that is the truth

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question
Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

Correct Option

2003

LITERATURE

QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE BASED ON Literary Appreciation.

Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the
first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either
stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for decency or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order
could be his friend. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than morning. The passage above
reveals that Jibunoh symbolises

wickedness

insanity

lawlessness

isolation

- The usual rhyme scheme of the English

sonnet is Abab cded efefgg

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands about the

woodland ride Wearing white for Easteride. A.E. Housman, Loveliest of Trees, Cherry Tress. In the excerpt above the
subject matter is

love of trees

cherry bloom

snow at easter

woodland tide

- A pastoral is concerned with simple

peaceful country life. This is all about worldview

in the agrarian English Christian

villages, before the industrial revolution

3
. As virtuous men pass midly away, and whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The
breath goes now, and some say No The tone of this poem is generally

appreciative

serious

imaginative

conversational

An aside is a remark of character not

meant for the ears of other characters and

is used to make an important revelation to

the audience

Use the passage below to answer questions 4 and 5.

I am informed the day recycles itself today When I slept in the Lord in February I blame no one for an untimely
death I bless God for a noble departure His words

The Lord taketh the righteous away before evil days The persons in the poem appears happy to have died

a noble death

during the day

at an old age

an untimely death

The experience of the tragic hero arouses

pity and fear

The lines above express

anniversary

procreation

incarnation

resurrection

In allegory, human beings represent ideas.

Animals or inanimate objects are the

characters of an allegory

6
If God is the sole author of mans life and all that befall him on earth does it not stand the reason that all evils that
befall man are God sa..

If man generally turns to God to bail him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong than to concluded that He
allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him? The literary style used in the passage above is

discursive

rhetorical

accusative

interrogative

- This is a narrative mode that produces a

characters random thoughts and

association

And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark and got with our bags and our brushes to work through the morning was
cold, Tom was happy and warm; So if all do their duty they need not fear harm In the lines above, Tom is warm
because he

has just woken from sleep

is doing his duty

is wearing warm clothes

is working indoors

Farce deals with absurd situation. It is a

form of drama mostly crafted with

unbelievable incidents

D. is working indoors. James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In laying the hunter, he realised that
he

needed a bait. This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young game. The more James
trailed her the .. realised that she

could not be easily caught the choice of words in the passage is remarkable because it is

largely confirm

very difficult

quite appropriate

drawn from hunting

- Suspense is the state of expectation of

what will happen next. It is a technique or device of delaying the expectation of

readers as to how a course of event or

incident will turn out.

To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower,

Hold infinity in the palm of you hand And eternity in an hour

William Blake To see a World in a Grain of Sand The predominant figures of speech used in the lines

above is

metaphor

hyperbole

simile

paradox

- Theatre-in-the-round brings about rapport

between players and spectators

10
The gloom will give way to light

And the thorny path cleared of pain The storms will bow to the prompting of peace Lost moments of glory will be
restored And strangled opportunities reborn: We shall yet regain the dawn The suggestion that runs through the
short poem above is that of

anxiety and worry

anticipation of positive change

sorrow and dejection

fear of change

- The plot of the short story is compact. It is

limited

11

Farce thrives on

big events

premonition

absurdity
incidents.

- The heart is the seat of sentiments. All

things acted out are always from the mind

12

The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the

ideal world of the countryside is referred to as

an ode

a ballad

an elegy

a pastoral.

- Mrs. Hardcastles (mother of Squire Tony

Lumpkins and Miss Catherine Hardcastle) is

the Dorothy of the play as this is her first

name.

13
One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnet is

abab cdcd cdedce

abba abba ode cde

abba abba cde dce

abab cdcd efef gg.

- It applies to the prologue, songs and the

epilogue. The verse form as used showcases

the social class statuses of the characters,

and peculiarities of the plays physical

setting.

14

The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

terror

horror
frustration

sympathy.

- It is Tonys mis-information that makes

Marlow treat his prospective father-in-law

With impudence and have the courage to

propose marriage to the lady he takes for a

maidservant.

15

Allegory is used to describe a work in which

humans are transposed into animals

both animals and humans swap roles

animals are given human characters

abstract ideas are personified

- The author uses dramatic irony - a point in

drama in which a character, out of

ignorance, says or does something which runs counter to the prevalent course of

action whose real outcome is known to the

audience but is hidden from the character

under discussion. Dramatic irony is an

important device that often formally

complements farcical incidents for crafting

comedy.

16

The author of a novel sustains readers interest through the use of

ambiguity

anecdotes

prologue

suspense.

- The wives revolt makes it clear that

gender equality is attainable and desirable

17
Theatre-in-the-round is employed to achieve a

quick resolution of conflicts

hilarious ending

contest between the hero and the villain

close rapport between players and spectators.

- They know the men cannot do without

them. This is their resolve to clip the men`s

ego.

18

In its classic form, the short story is distinguished by its

resolution

narrative form

compact plot

Prosaic conception.
C

- This is a usual women`s nagging phrases

and actually men are not created for taking nanny duties at home it is a feminine

business. The husbands possess the powers

21 of oratory but cannot take care of things at

home as women can.

19

In literary convention, aside is used to

make a pointed remark

emphasize scenes as different from acts

distinguish between events

gossip about other characters

The character spoken to is in the direction

of the kitchen, offstage.

20
The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writers mind without
any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called

shifting style

narrators mind style

psycho-consciousness style

stream of consciousness

Udje is the traditional satiric poetry of the

Urhobo

21

Questions 21 to 25 are based on J.P. Clarks The

Wives Revolt The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

Ikaki

Ekpe

Udje

Etiyeri.
C

The key words in the passage are hunter,

bait, trailed, caught. These words make the passage an extended metaphor.

22

In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is

both undesirable and unattainable

attainable and desirable

obnoxious but desirabe

desirable but unattainable

- The passage implies that doing his duty

keeps Tom warm and clearly to be working

afresh

23
. ...Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. Its
the dry season, child. The character to whom the words are spoken in the pay is in

front of the verandah of Okoros house

Okoros front yard, downstage

the direction of the kitchen, offstage

the kitchen, upstage

- Cherry bloom is the description showcased

in the excerpt.

24

. ...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home. Those being ridiculed here are the

spinsters

husbands

wives

old women

Optimism runs through the passage.

The excerpt asserts this fact - present things

of opposite dimension sooner than later, will turn positive

25

In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to

forestall reconciliation

seek peace

cure cross-piece

hurt their husbands

- Every line is a metaphor an imaginative

way of describing something by referring to

something else which is the same in a

particular way

26
Questions 26 to 30 are based on Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops To Conquer. My heart thus pressing-fixed
my face and eye-With a sententious look, that nothing means... In the lines above, the speaker implies that

his gesture means nothing

he is a pious man

he is being sentimental

his heart is pressing against his face and eye

- Subject of death is being elucidated in the quatrain

27

The use of the traditional verse form in the play applies to

the character of Sir Charles Marlow

the prologue. songs and the epilogue

male characters

female characters

The questions are rhetorical; hence

answers are implied in them

28

The story of the play would have been different but for

Miss Hardcastles attitude towards her guests

Mr. Hardcastles ignorance of Young Marlows true identity

the insensitivity of Mrs. Hardcastle

Tonys misinformation of Young Marlow and Mr. Hastings

- He blesses the Lord for taking him before

evil days, implying he was still admired and

not disgraced before his death a noble

death.

29

The success of the play as a comedy relies on the authors use of

dramatic irony

stock comic characters

comic relief

stage and scenic disguise

30

Questions 31 to 33 are based on Abubakar Gimbas Witnesses To Tears. The events in the novel span

forty days

two days

five days

seven days.

Jibunor broke the law with impunity.

31

The events in the novel span

forty days
two days

five days

seven days

The poem uses end rhyme aaa

32

The subject matter of the novel is

marital! infidelity

The evils of materialism

child abuse

the gains of love

- The poem gives the picture of a pregnant

woman who has come to the hospital to

give birth

33
The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can

be interpreted as Gimbas

sentimental attachment to money

approbation of stealing

condemnation of social injustice

justification of social vices.

- The mood of the persona in the poem is

one of sadness and hopelessness

34

Questions 34 to 37 are based on George Orwells Animal Farm, In the novel, animalism is a system of
thought that emphasizes

conformity

equality

animality

disparity.
B

- The arrangement of the poem in two

stanzas reflects the poets use of contrast

35

The dominant technique in the book is

irony

foreshadowing

symbolism

reminiscence.

- The poet is full of contempt for the cathedral which he sees as empty and

meaningless

36

In the novel, Boxer is respected for his

duplicity
reticence

intellect

hard work.

The subject matter of Kessims MajiMaji is

colonialism. The poem narrates how the Germans stole in, to colonize Tanzania.

37

The overthrow of Jones happens sooner than expected because the animals

experience acute suffering

are milked by Jones

are better schemers

receive assistance from Foxwood

- In Acholonus The Dissident, Amadioha is

portrayed as a god (of thunder) that is

merciless which kills without blinking any

eye-lid
38

Questions 38 to 40 are based on S.I. Osammors The Triumph of the Water Lily The attitude of the narrator
to religion in the novel is

fundamentalist

liberal

ambiguous

fanatical

The poems 14 lines is a petrachan sonnet

divided into one octet rhyming abbaabba and one sextex rhyming cdcdef.

39

The plot of the novel is

cyclic

achronological

convoluted
linear

- He throws down grapes in the manner he

does to allow himself time in-between to

eat.

40

The language of the novel is generally

romantic

entertaining

educative

reportive.

- The two lines suggest the girls firmness of bearing.

41
Questions 41 to 50 are based on selected poems from Ker, D. 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 (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.):
Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, Di. (ed.): West African Verse. . In Robert Frosts Wild Grapes the
girls brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to

make his sister have her fill

allow himself time in between to eat

make his sister desire to climb the tree

allow himself to have some fin.

- The language of the novel is generally

reportive

42

. On the sand hill her footprints

Gleam like a prisoners chain...

The lines above from Mohan Singhs A Village Girl suggest the girls

firmness of bearing

Slow movement

difficulty in walking
psychedelic movement

The plot of the novel is linear; Events in

the novel succeed into one another in one to one correspondence right from the point

to exposition to climax to anti-climax to

denouement.

43

Donnes Death, be not Proud is

an epic

a dirge

a ballad

a sonnet

- The attitude of the narrator to religion in

the novel is liberal believes people should

have a lot of freedom in decision making

44
The arrangement of David Diops Loser of Everything in two stanzas reflects his use of

reinforcement

enjambment

contrast

amplification.

- The theft by the messenger and its

presentation can be interpreted as the

authors condemnation of social injustice.

The accused is not taken as innocent of the

theft, before his guilt is pronounced.

45

The subject matter of Kassams Maji Maji

socio-economic crises

independence
politics

colonialism.

- The subject matter of the novel is the evils of materialism. There is no gain in piling up riches one cannot finish to
expend in a lifetime.

46

The mood of the persona in Nortjes Nighfall is one of

joy and helplessness

sadness and hopelessness

joy and gaiety

sadness and joy

The events in the novel span seven days.

47

In Acholonus The Dissidents, Amadioha is portrayed as a god that is

cruel

treacherous

jealous

merciless.

- The animals were left unfed and they

rebelled earlier than planned. A hungry man

as an angry man can vent such anger,

unexpectedly

48

. As if men hung here unblown,

Their mildewed buds of love like pollen Late caught, damp in a swollen... The sound device in the stanza above from
Kalu

likas Earth to Earth is

onomatopoeia

a refrain

rhyme
repetition.

- Boxer often spends extra-time working

selflessly for the progress of the animal

farm.

49

The dominant images in She Came in Silken Drapes are

monumental

medical

horticultural

agricultural.

- The explicit narration of the poem thrives

so well on the device of symbolism

50
The tone of Kofi Awoonors The Cathedral is one Of

reverence

contempt

indifference

awe.

- Animalism says all animals are equal.

Remember that the motto of the animal

farm at first is all animals are equal.

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Option B

Option C

Option D

Correct Option
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LITERATURE

Questions I to 10 are based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (edsj: 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 (eds): Exam Focus: Literature -in- English; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.)
Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed): West African Verse

In Acholonus The Dissidents, the daughter of my father is a

heroine

villain

character

narrator

- The daughter of my father is the character

showcased in the question

... a huge senseless cathedral o doom in Kofi Awoonors The Cathedral implies
meaningless foreign religious practices

meaningless indigenous religious practices

the architectural beauty of the cathedra

the Catholic Church practices

- The word cathedral is same as shrine in African milleu; hence, its denotation of a miniature foreign religious
practice which is

incompatible with the gracious African

Traditional religion

The persona in Kassams Maji Maji represents the

warriors

Germans

Mzee

listeners

- The revered old man story-teller in the

poem is the Mzee

David Diops Loser of Everything can be seen as

a lamentation of the destruction of African values

the suppression of an African village

a celebration of African values

an account of warfare between an African

community and an invading force

- This is a pure negritude poem mourning

derailment of the precious African values. It can be seen as the suppression of an African Village.

Kalu Ukas Earth to Earth is concerned with the

fertilization of the earth by moisture

loss of mans property

seasonal flow of nature

happy beginning and sad end of life

- The poem is concerned with the happy

beginning and sad end of life.

Love and loveless hate and Love, lustreless word in Lenrie Peters She Came in Silken Drapes suggest that

love is a meaningless word

joy and sadness often mingle

love is forever sweet

love breeds hate

- The poem suggests that love and sadness

often mingle

7
Arthur Nortjes Nightfall is written against the

backdrop of

apartheid

revolution

celebration

violence

- Nightfall is written against the backdrop of apartheid. The impetus to the crafting of

the poem dated back to the pre-1994 South African milleu often referred to as

Segregation i.e., Apartheid

The allusion to Eurydices experience in Robert Frosts Wild Grapes is an imagery of death and

reincarnation

resurrection

rebirth

growth

B
- The allusion is an imagery of death and

rebirth

Mohan Singhs A Village Girl centres on

the description of a village gir

beauty and its appreciation

man in nature

the elegance of a girl

- The poem centres on beauty and its

appreciation

10

In John Donnes Death, be not Proud, the poet believes that death is

immortal

mighty
pleasurable

dreadful

- The poet believes that death is

pleasurable. In comparing death to a

normal sleep, the poet calls on mankind to

be less afraid of death, but to replace it with

despise

11

Questions 11 to 20 are based on Literary Appreciation Everywhere now, freedom is on the loose And in its
name, men and women slaughter One another with terrible abandon Carnage has become the means of Settling
simple scores with our friends Okinba Launko: Pain Remembers, Love Rekindles The dominant rhetorical device in
the poem above is

innuendo

assonance

oxymoron

limerick

A
- The dominant rhetorical device in the

poem is innuendo

12

This thing you are doing is too heavy for you he said. I went to school only a little, but I have killed many many
more years in this world than you have,

Gabriel Okays: The Voice It can be inferred from the passage above that

listener is a porter

listener is wise

speaker is a murderer

speaker is more experienced

- The speaker is older and, therefore, more

experienced than the listener.

13

The guilty are too well-fed to pass through the needles eye of our scorn the noose of public
contempt hangs idle at the market Odia Ofeimun: The Poet Lied and Other Poems The allusion in the excerpt above
is

mythical

biblical

historical

classical

- It is an allusion to the Bible where it is said

that it is easier for the camel to pass

through the eye of the needle than for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God.

14

A. mythical B. biblical C. historical D. classical My brother you flash your teeth in response to

every hypocrisy My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look My poor brother
in immaculate evening dress

Screaming and whispering and pleading in the pariours of condescension. D. Diop: The Renegade The poets
attitude here

paradoxical

envious
ironical

sarcastic

- The sarcasm is to ridicule the person

referred to as the renegade

15

MR. BOROFO: I heartily curse the day my wife decided to go to

England. Ever since then, I have had nothing but we must do this because it is done in England, we

mustnt do that, because it is not done by English people and so on and nauseam. The subject matter of the passage
above is the

uncritical acceptance of European values

woes of English marriage

adventures in England

intransigence of an African wife

- The wife uncritically adopts the dos and donts of England. Here, Mrs. Brofusem, to

her husband, is a gullible character who

loves aping English ways, whether or not its content is tenable under the African climate and culture.

16

Since you left here My mind longs after there Now in the dark I grope Keenly striving to cope Gbemisola Adeoti:
Absence The dominant technique in the lines above is

irony

rhyme

alliteration

metaphor

- The rhyme is aabb

17

He was an odd-looking duck, Inman was. He was in his mid-fifties but still had a head of thick black hair, which
began low on his forehead and was slicked

back over his small round skull. Everything about human was round. He seemed to be made of a series of balls piled
one atop the other Tom Wolfe: A Man in Full The authors attitude to Inman in the passage above

is one of
praise

hatred

ridicule

admiration

- The author shows his attitude of ridicule

by comparing human to balls piled one on

top the other

18

Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she
is, he wasnt sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had
managed, at last, to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet
beneath an earth that still sustained him Jose Saramago: All the Names What happens to the unknown woman
in the passage above?

she runs away

she is awake

she falls asleep

she is dead

D
- Being six feet beneath the earth means

she is dead and buried.

19

I am alone And the murmur of my lips Carry song and tears homewards From a plain away from home Okogbule
Wonodi: Lament for Shola The poet - persona here expresses a feeling of

elation

anger

nostalgia

Sorrow

- ... carry song and tears homewards from

a plain away from home shows that the

poet-persona expresses homesickness

20

Be him English Be him African

Be him Nigerian

The lines above are an example of

epitaph

anaphora

tautology

epigram

- The poet uses the same words as the

opening of the successive lines. The three

lines in parallelism have a grammatical

construction of subject-verb inversion the

hallmark of anaphora

21

Questions 21 to 30 are based on General Literary Principles

A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called

an oratorio
a motet

an opera

a concert

A musical play in which many or all of the

words are sung is an opera. Another name

for this is dance-drama

22

The poetic device that forcefully brings together two seemingly unrelated ideas or concepts is

conceit

Couplet

diatribe

Conceit is the device that forcefully brings

together two seemingly unrelated ideas or

concepts. It is an imaginative poetic image

or writing that contains such an image,

especially a comparison that is extreme or far-fetched.

23

For a play to be successful on stage, it must not be short of

Audiences

speeches

actions

characters

- A play involves players acting a story on stage. Drama is action and action is drama

24

The setting in pastoral poetry is usually

Oceanic

urban

ecumenical
idyllic

- A pastoral is a poem about life in the

country side. A pastoral-poem must be set

in homogeneous rural enclave renown of

adherence to social and religious moralities

25

The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is

a copyright

an authority to write

an authors right

a constitutional provision

- A copyright prevents other people from

producing an intellectual work without the permission of the author.

26
In a narration, the first person is

the author

a participant

the publisher

an observer

- A participant opens the narration. The

narrator, as the leading participant in a

narration, is the first person; his audience is

second-person; others mentioned in the course form the third-persons

27

A deliberate imitation of a literary style with the intention to ridicule is

paradox

prosody

pun

parody
D

- A parody is an imitation of a literary work

that mocks certain characteristics of the work. This is the same as mimicry

28

Point of denouement in a literary work is the

point at which the major character is shown in his 6true colours

point of disagreement in a narrative

point of the resolution of the puzzling issues

cathartic point in a tragedy

- Denouement is the point of resolution of

all conflicts undercurrent in a literary work

29

Periphrasis in poetic diction is marked by

circumlocution
irony

proverb

parable

- Periphrasis, a round-about statement is

also referred to as circumlocution. Another

term for this is verbosity or round-about

statement.

30

Melodrama is a theatrical performance in which

the serious is treated in a satirical way

subordination of characterization to plot occurs

music and dance predominate

evil triumphs over good

The characters in a melodrama are superficial. They are rarely rated higher

than the conflict points showcased in their

characterization

31

Questions 31 to 35 are based on J.P. Clarks The Wives Revolt

The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

- The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses

patriarchy. In this case, succession to power

in the community is from the father to the son; a female is of no consideration.

32

Imagery in the play is

always sexual and licentious

sometimes sexual but not licentious

always sexual but not licentious

sometimes sexual and licentious

Imagery in the play is always sexual but

not licentious

33

When does the play open and close?

In the afternoon

At midnight

In the morning

In the evening

- This clearly manifests from the order in

which the sub-plots succeed into one

another, in time sequence beginning in the

evening and closing again at another

evening.

34

But those are the hags and witches we wanted out of town.

The expression hags and witches refers to

old unmarried girls and wives retired home from their husbands

the three women who turned into goats C. all the

women in the play

hand maids, headwives, most favoured wives,

nursing mothers and pregnant wives

- In African milleu, women who are unable

to maintain their matrimonies or unlucky to

be married, are commonly labeled as

witches and hags

35
The Proclamation and Reclamation segments of

the play are performed

as an aside

by a chorus off-stage

on-stage and off-stage

off-stage

- The Proclamation and Reclamation

segments of the play are performed onstage

and off-stage

36

Questions 36 to 40 are based on Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer. The major thematic
preoccupation of the play is

the constraints on parental obligations

the problems of class and English mannerisms

the presentation of a mannerless society

changing the traditional view about English

comedy

- The characters are pre-occupied with social status and manners

37

. Miss Hardcastle is able to conquer at the end of

the play because of her

indiscretion

beauty

wit

brawn

- Miss Hardcastle acts wisely and wins

young Marlows love. She conquers because she applies good intelligence to her situation.

38
One of the enriching features of the play is the

matchmaking attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle

manipulation of appearance and reality

use of rural and urban settings

lopsided resolution of conflicts

- Mrs. Hardcastles attempt to make her son

interested in her foster daughter so as to gain the girls belongings reveals

manipulation of appearance.

39

The epilogue of the play deals with the impermanence of

nature

friendship

womanhood

love

Nature is described to be impermanent

40

There be two gentlemen in a post-chaise at the door. They have lost their way to the forest... The two gentlemen in
the excerpt above are

Diggory and Saunders

Marlow and Hastings

Marlow and Hardcastle

Diggory and Hastings

- Marlow has come to propose marriage to

Miss Hardcastle and his friend Hastings

comes along for a secret meeting with his prospective wife

41

Questions 41 to 44 are based on George Orwells Animal Farm

The turn of events in the novel shows that the novelist is

iconoclastic
fatalistic

rhetorical

optimistic

- The author is iconoclastic in that he has no

faith in social revolution which he ridicules

in the novel

42

The events in the novel are set in

a possible social climate

the distant past

a real human society

an imagined world

- The story is set in an imagined world in which animals behave like human beings.

There has never been a real geographical

place in history, where animals had taken over functions of mankind, as described in
Animal Farm

43

The last major battle in the novel is the battle

of the Cowshed

of the Windmill

to oust Mr. Jones

to overthrow Snowball

- The last major battle is the battle of the

windmill. This is the battle between the

animals and Mr. Frederick, where he

assaulted the animals with guns and

destroyed their wind-mill project

44

The ideological leader of the revolution in the novel is

Squealer

Old Major

Napoleon

Snowball

- Ideological Leader of the revolution is

Snowball

45

Questions 45 to 47 are based on Abubakar Gimbas Witnesses to Tears A repulsive game, nonetheless.
Majority participation in a vice doesnt turn it into a virtue, no matter the social standing of the participants. The
game referred to in the passage above is

graft

gambling

draught

scrambling

- The game referred to in the passage is

graft. The phrase repulsive game

(something to despise) is a piece of

metaphor for bribery.

46

In the novel, the foil to Lahabs character is

Tanko

Al-Amin

Sagiir

Saahir

In the novel, the foil to Lahabs character

is Al-Amin

47

In the novel, Serah dies of

haemorrhoids

gunshot wounds
asthma

asphyxiation

- Sarah dies of asphyxiation (inability to

breathe well).

48

Questions 48 to 50 are based on S.l. Osammors The Triumph of the Water Lily.

Nkem leaves Odilis house because

she is not a faithful wife

she wants to keep her marriage

of pressure from outsiders

she is barren

Nkem leaves Odilis house because she

wants to keep her marriage

49
The preoccupation of the novel is

the life and times of Julian Odili

Norman Obis courtship of Effua

the benefits of the extended family in Nigeria

the travails and successes of Nkem and Odili.

- The pre-occupation of the novel is the

travails and successes of Nkem and Odili.

50

What is in the past is gone forever. It is only the present that belongs to us! Grasp what chance of
happiness you can find at the moment with both hands! The past in the extract above refers to

Odibe

Norman

Chris

Odili

A
- The past in the extract refers to Odibe. He is the character wanting to seduce Nkem

away from her real marriage

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Question

Option A

Option B
Option C

Option D

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LITERATURE

Questions I to 5 are based on Ahmed Yerimas Attahiru

To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of

oppression

mendacity

partiality

embezzlement

- Though the British claimed that they want

to install good government, it is a case of

calling a dog a bad name to hang it.

2
I wish him luck with his infidel friends, But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time one sun at a
time.

The speaker in the passage above is referring to a

moon gazer

slave raider

muezzin

usurper

- The complaint in the excerpt is the fact

that the person has teamed up with the

speaker`s enemies in order to rubbish him.

Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to

penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the

D

- It was easy because the emirates are only united to fight the white men when it is the turn of Sokoto. This is
because the

Caliphate is the headquarters of the world

of the emirates and, it is not expected to fall

prey to the British military.

Caliph Attahirus dream about heavy smoke or the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one
head to another serves as

a flashback

a prophecy

foreshadowing

a reverie

- The dream predicts what will happen in

future. The Caliph had been divinely

inspired to see the incident of the British

military invasion of his domain before

occurrence.

Madawaki: The whiteman is an

uninvited guest to our land he must observe, not dictate.

The statement above is prompted by the

abolition of slave trade

undermining of caliphal authority

introduction of direct rule

imposition of taxes

- The statement is prompted by

undermining the caliphal authority.

6
Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares Hamlet.

Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character

who has a superlative administrative style

with a living conscience that torments him

To whom past events have no significance

with an admirable physical appearance

- He was presented as a character with a living conscience that torments him.

The call made on Hamlet to avenge his fathers death makes him

purposeful

impoverished

confused

amused

- The call further confused Hamlet. At first, Prince Hamlet does not understand the connection of King Claudius (his
uncle) to the death of King Hamlet (his father).
8

Hamlet: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you oerstep not the
modesty of nature. Here, Hamlet is urging the players to

reflect reality

be good actors

justify their actions

be creative on stage

- The players are urged to satirically obviate

King Hamlet`s death by King Claudius`

intrigues of killing him with poison to inherit his wife i.e., Prince Hamlet`s mother.

The principal function of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet is to

amuse Claudius

confirm the claim of the ghost

divert attention from the main event

create some comic relief in the tragedy

- Hamlet uses the play-within-the-play to confirm his fathers ghost claim that his

brother killed him.

10

In The Mouse-trap, the murderer

Claudius

Lucianus

Gozango

Baptista

- Hamlet uses the play-within-the-play to confirm his fathers ghost claim that his

brother killed him

11
Questions 11 to 13 are based on Femi Ademiluyis The New Man

Brigadier General Johnsons plan to assassinate President Monye is revealed to

Biola Denji

the SAB superior

the Presidents ADC

a friend

- Lucianus is the satirical murderer depicting

King Claudius, the real murderer of King Hamlet

12

In the novel, Asejire refers to a

river

town

farmer
cleric

- Biola Denji is ADC to Brigadier-General

Johnson and the person to whom Johnson

ordered to follow him to the Presidential

Palace with the pistol with which to

assassinate President Monye.

13

The mob in the novel is portrayed as

a monster and a snake

a bad group

demonstrators

fighters

- The mob in the novel is portrayed as a

monster and a snake.

14
Questions 14 to 16 are based on Ayi Kwei Armahs Fragments

The novel suggests that an individual who stays

apart from his society will

be praised for his action

be alienated by his society

be broken by his society

live a fulfilled life

- An individual who stays apart from his

society will be broken by his society.

15

The setting of the novel is the

traditional Nigerian society

post-independence Ghanaian society

pre-independence Ghanaian society

modern Nigerian society

Ayi Kwei Armans Fragments is about life

in Ghana after independence

16

Naanas attitude is one of

contempt

neutrality

fulfilment

enthusiasm

- As an old woman whose views are not

solicited nor appreciated, Naanas attitude

is one of contempt

17
Questions 17 to 20 are based on Thomas Hardys Tess of the dUrbeivilles.

Angel Clare is depicted as

a rebellious and self-opinionated character

an independent-minded character

a fastidious and garrulous character

a flirtatious and impulsive young man

- Angel Clare is depicted as a rebellious and

self-opinionated character

18

Phases in the novel refers to

phases of the moon and their effects on the plot

moments of awareness of Tess misfortune

points of conflict between good and evil

stages of development in the life of Tess

D
- Phases in the novel refer to stages of

development in the life of Tess

19

From the tragedy of Tess, it can be said that Thomas Hardy is concerned with the evils of

modernization

industrialization

democratization

colonization

- The writer is concerned with the evils of

modernization

20

Angel Clares ambition in marrying Tess dUrbervilles is to secure a wife with

high social standing

great fortune
rustic innocence

a wide knowledge of the world

Angel Clares ambition in marrying Tess is to secure a wife with rustic innocence

21

Questions 21 to 30 are based on selected poems from Ker, D. et at (eds.): New Poetry from

Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Snanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection

of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et at (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine,

A. E. et at (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, O. I. (ed.): West African Verse.

Brutus A Troubadour I Traverse is inspired by his struggle against

injustice

capitalism

colonialism

zealotry

- Brutus A Troubadour/Traverse criticizes

the injustice of apartheid

22

The theme of Wangusas A Taxi Driver on His Death is

the taxi drivers contemplation of the vehicle. As the likely cause of his death

that a drivers death must surely be caused by

his vehicle

the danger in the driving profession

that roads are death-traps for drivers

- The theme is the taxi drivers

contemplation of the vehicle as the likely

cause of his death.

23

J.P Clarks Agbor Dancer portrays

a sophisticated dancer

a girl attuned to her culture

an uncivilized dancer

a wild girl

- The poem portrays a girl who is well

attuned to her culture

24

The subject matter of Senghors I Will Pronounce Your Name is

Elissa

Naett

love

a nameless girl

- Senghor talks about Naeti

25

he tone of Ofeimuns We Must Learn Again to Fly is that of

encouragement

discouragement

disappointment

enthusiasm

- That we must not lose hope. Unarguably,

the poet is preaching the need to always

face life with courage, either in gain or loss

26

In Cheney-Cokers Myopia, the myopic ones are the

peasants

rulers

poets

traders

- The rulers are short-sighted. They are the

ones who, in opulent living, close their eyes

to the undeserved poverty being faced by the masses or people they rule.

27

The poet-persona in Serenade is

boastful

arrogant

persuasive

deceptive

- The persona in the poem is persuasive a

preacher of courage to the hopeless

28

And the name died before the man. From the statement above in Housmans To an Athlete Dying

Young, what happens to the athlete?

He comes to a disgraceful end

He loses his medal to another

He dies eventually

He dies prematurely

- Losing his medal to another athlete. The

athlete loses focus before attaining the

status of a glorious champion

29

In Keats On the Grasshopper and Cricket, poetry of earth refers to

poetry written about earth

songs by grasshopper and cricket

poetry written by mother earth

songs by birds, grasshoppers and crickets

- The melodious sounds made by birds,

grasshoppers and crickets are referred to as poetry of earth

30
In On His Blindness, Milton uses the experience of his blind state to

condemn himself

appreciate God

abuse God

disregard his fellow men

- Milton gives glory to God for what he is

able to accomplish even in blindness.

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles. The predominant use of the third-person
pronoun in a novel creates a

sense of detachment on the part of the writer

sense of detachment on the part of the reader

psychological affinity with the characters

balance of opinion among the characters

A
- The use of third person pronoun creates a

sense of detachment on the part of the

other.

32

A poem without a regular rhyme scheme is a

traditional poem

ballad

lyrical poem

blank verse

Blank verse is the poem having regular

rhyme scheme

33

Aesthetics in literature has to do with the creation of

imagery
lines

beauty

themes

- Aesthetics deals with beauty

34

Cast in a play refers to

all the actors

three of the actors

a few of the actors

an exclusive social class in the play

- Cast in a play refers to all the actors. We

can as well call such actors and actresses

the dramatis personae

35
A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

noble character with hubris

lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some

fortunes

king with deep affection for his subjects

central character after whom the play is named

- Aristotle holds that a tragic hero should be a noble character with hubris. A tragic hero often falls because of his
unrepentant

nature and being proud.

36

A careful choice of words dictated by a particular mood or an event refers to

register

cadence

rhyme

tone
D

- A careful choice of words dictated by a particular mood or an event refers to tone

37

The insertion of material unrelated or distantly related to the specific subject under discussion in a given work is
called

digression

flashback

regression

reverie

Digression occurs when the writer brings in a matter not related to the specific

subject under discussion.

38

When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it become

an irony
a symbol

a subject

an epigram

- A symbol is an object that carries more

than the surface meaning

39

Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place

simultaneously

intermittently

a single revolution of the sun

within the same locale

- Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all

actions should take place in a day.

40
A short, carefully phrased expression meant to elicit

amusement and surprise is

hyperbole

limerick

tecet

wit

- This is a short, humorous poem. This

figure of speech is also called conceit i.e.,

intelligent arguments laid out in mockery

tone.

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

Historys stammerer When will your memory master the vowels of your fathers name? Niyi Osundare: Waiting
Laughters

The literary device used in the except above is

apostrophe

rhetorical question

pun

run-on-line

- A question in which the expected answer

is implied is a rhetorical question

42

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is
sinking down in its tranquility: The gentleness of heaven broods Oer the sea:

Listen! the mighty Being is awake

And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder-everlasting. W. Wordsworth: It is a Beauteous Evening
The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

cbba cdda

bbac adac

ddca bbca

abbc addc

D
- Free a Mun b sun b tranquility c sea a

awake d make d (abbc addc)

43

And the promised pleasure will never ever be found in the face of vanished treasure in the face of plundered pound
hidden beneath roots of greener grasses in a land far from the masses. The tone of the poem above is

pessimistic

optimistic

interrogative

persuasive

- The persona in the poem is disinterested

as to if the camel of his complaints will ever be addressed. That is, the promised

pleasure will never be found.

44

The expression The ripest is the saddest encounter is an example of

euphemism

paradox

hyperbole

metaphor

- The situation in the excerpt is copiously

grossly exaggerated

45

My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its
fired spectacle. Cynthia James: Drumology The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

olfactory and visual

olfactory and tactile

tactile and auditory

auditory and visual

- The lines appeal to hearing and sight as words connoting onomatopoeia are used

46
If an eagle be imprisoned

On the back of a coin And the coin is tossed into the sky That coin will flutter But the eagle will never fly. Henry
Dumas: America The poem above achieves its literary effect through the use of

alliteration

parallelism

repetition

solecism

- The |f| consonant is repeated in the initial position in flutter and fly.

47

They came on like a whirlwind, and dashed over the line snorting, kicking, squealing in a compact, pie bald tossing
mob of bay, brown, grey backs, eyes staring, necks extended, nostrils red, long tails, streaming. As soon as they had
leaped upon the road the thick dust flew upwards from under their hoofs, and within six yards of Giorgio only a
brown

cloud with vague forms of necks and cruppers rolled by, making the soil tremble... Joseph Conrald: Nostromo The
passage above describes a troop of

cows
elephants

camels

horses

- Troop of agile horses running on laterite

road in the dry season will always raise

heavy dust

48

She wanted to spit herself. But she checked herself. Get dressed, she said earnestly. Get dressed and lets go. You
know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this,...she slapped the bed, then it wont be
here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah. Festus lyayi: Violence In the passage above, the speaker can be
described as

domineering

treacherous

friendly

hungry

- The speaker is domineering since her

statements are commands

49

Mr. Beckley exploded: I did not come here to ask for a school report on my son. Did you or did you not savagely
attack the child, knowing fully well that his health is most delicate at best of times?

Wole Soyinka: Isara: A Voyage Around Essay In the excerpt above, Mr. Beckley is trying to

put the addressee on the defensive

show off to the listener

provoke a fight

find out the truth from the addressee

- The speaker is trying to intimidate the

addressee.

50

Where has my love blown his horn? The tune of his horn is well-known Young men of my clan Have you heard the
horn of my love? Okot PBitek: Horn of My Love The overriding feeling of the persona in this extract is

anxiety
certainty

frustration

joy

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2006

LITERATURE
Questions I to 10 are based on selected poems from Ker, D.

et at (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 (eds): Exam Focus: Literature in
English; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. L (ed): West African
Verse. In We must Learn Again to Fly; Ofeimum exhorts the reader

not to lose hope in the face of adversity

to enjoy his success

to give up if he does not succeed

to work harder even if he succeeds

- The speaker is anxious to know where her lover has blown his horn.

The subject matter of Wangusas A Taxi Driver on

His Death is

the road

death

the vehicle

the driver
C

Keats On the Grasshopper and Cricket is best described as

romantic

medieval

metaphysical

platonic

The character addressed in Serenade is

from a poor family

in a joyous mood

in a sad mood
at war with another character

Apart from his lover, the poet in Senghors I will Pronounce Your Name is also concerned with his

religion

continent

cinnamon

wealth

In Housemans To an Athlete Dying Young, the poet sees the death of the young athlete a

belated

permanent
temporary

timely

Brutus A Troubadour I Traverse paints the picture of

peace amidst pestilence

love in a hostile environment

hatred inspired by state terror

hunger in the midst of plenty

In Cheney-Cokers Myopia, the attitude of the poet is one of

sympathy
joy

empathy

envy

Miltons On His Blindness teaches human beings to

discountenance physical disabilities

regard disabilities as enduring

keep on struggling endlessly

use their talents sparingly

10

In Clarks Agbor Dancer, the drum is central to the message because it

portrays the drummer as an expert

reminds the poet of his cultural roots

provides the rhythm for the dancer

draws the spectators to the dancing arena.

11

Questions 11 to 20 are based on Literary Appreciation He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he
had done it in Jones time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra either. George Orwell: Animal Farm From
the passage above, the character being described is

enthusiastic

altruistic

cynical

lazy..

12
The hunter dies and leaves his poverty to his gun The blacksmith dies and leaves his poverty to his anvil... The
extract above is an example of

elegy

ballad

epic

eulogy

13

It was not the apple that tempted Eve, but this grapefruit; thus did Maren revise the tale of Paradise Lost, and even
Chris, shocked as he was at such blasphemy, confessed himself tempted to agree whenever Maren returned from
raiding the Principals compound, with a shirtful of booty to share, especially on a hot afternoon. Wole Soyinka:
Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir The passage above achieves a mock-heroic effect through the use of

meiosis

epigram

allusion

symbolism

C
14

O fleeting gleam of noon dream You incense my clotted cream!

Tony E. Afejuku: An Orchard of Wishes The literary device used in the lines above is

repetition

refrain

consonance

assonance

15

For Gods sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed,
some slain in

War Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed, All
murdered.

William Shakespeare: King Richard II The subject matter of the speech above is
regicide

suicide

infanticide

parricide

16

On the broken walls,

Bats hang away from the sun

Shadows of an ancient stranger

Cast their presence over our shoulders A pathway leads to the abandoned gate. Mazisi Kunene: The Fearful Ruin The
dominant mood in the excerpt above is that of

exhilaration

pleasure

rage

terror

D
17

Your no-good pig, and here I am feeding him everyday letting him sleep in my house. I got a knife from the kitchen.
I am going to kill that pig. Patricia Melo: The Killer The speaker in the excerpt above is trying to

brace himself up for the action

report the pig before killing it

contemplate the killing of the pig

justify the action of killing the pig.

18

I am jealous and passionate

Like Jehovah, God of the Jews,

J. P Clark: Olokun A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is

simile
hyperbole

metaphor

paradox

19

... Not a few of us ended our application letters like this: If you are kind enough to accommodate this humble
application, Sir!

Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my

disposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant ... Yet without English, you had no education fit for a
white collar job. Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys The tone of the passage above is

derisive

ironic

melancholic

harsh

20
You are the cold nests In which the migrant bird lays no eggs. Kittobbe: To the Childless The device used in the
excerpt above is

synecdoche

imagery

metaphor

irony

21

Questions 21 to 24 are based on Thomas Hardys Tess of the dUrbervjlles,

Angel dare prefers Tess to Mercy Chant as a wife because she

is an accomplished lady

is from a very god family

understands farm life

is a good Christian
C

22

The death of Prince can be said to

portray Tess as a fated character

reveal the familys total dependence on the animal

cause Tess misfortunes

foreshadow Tess ultimate fate

23

Most of Tess misery as a girl-mother comes from the thought of

herself as the parent of a nameless child

the worlds concern about her breaking social law

herself as a spouseless mother

her inexperience in childcare

24

The theme of chance is graphically demonstrated by the

meeting of Parson Tringham and Mr. Durbeyfield

rape scene

sudden return of Angel dare from Brazil

death of Tess child.

25

Questions 25 to 27 are based on Femi Ademiluyis The New Man.

The tension generated at Ipaja and lwuya early in the novel is a result of

Prophet Elijahs trance

Badejos antigraft posture

the campaign for parliamentary election

the increase in cocoa prices

26

In terms of religion, the people of Ipaja can be described as

conformists

liberals

fanatics

puritans

27

After listening to the soldiers conversation, the

convict decides to

get in touch with his relation immediately

hide in the bush for one day and later contact Laoye Layeni

hide in the bush for one week and later contact Sade

contact his friends who will arrange his movement

28

Questions 28 to 30 are based on Ayi Kwei Armah s Fragments. The message State Express 555 is an
advertisement for

an imported alcoholic drink

a brand of elitist cigarette

a newly commissioned road network

Gold Coast Transport Corporation.

29
The Baako ultimately goes mad indicates that

the visionary is usually a sacrificial lamb

society is incurable

man is a fateful being

the evils that men do live after them

30

Boateng describes the writers studio as a place where

writers have been sold

writers work hard at their writings

people discuss real writing

writing materials are sold.

D
31

Questions 31 to 35 are based on William Shakespeares Hamlet. The king who is poisoned in the Garden in
the play- within-the-play is

Gozango

Negtine

Bernardo

Hamlet

32

Ghost serves to

accelerate dramatic conflict

intensify dramatic conflict

initiate dramatic conflict

complicate dramatic conflict.

C

33

. But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother,.. The ghost
exhorts young Hamlet not to Kill his

mother because

wile is bewitched into falling for Claudius seduction

the ghost wishes her to be left to the torment of her conscience

the ghost still loves his wile oven in death ,

the young Hamlet will he guilty of matricide

34

The kings clown whose skull is exhumed by Grave- digger is

Rosencrantz
Yorick

Sexton

Fortinbras

35

The seeming shifty structure of the play is used to

assist in the development of the characters

sustain the readers interest

reflect the emotional and psychological state of Hamlet

slow down the pace of the plot development

36

Questions 36 to 40 are based on Ahmed Yerimas Attahiru

form the viewpoint of the British government, the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate is

one of superiority

war attrition

one of vengeance

a jihad

37

The dispute between Sarkin Zango and Sarkin Fatake over a

horse

piece of land

source of water

farmland

38
Abbas the beggar is a symbol of

A the end justifying the means

the rich also crying

pride before perdition

courage amidst adversity

39

The character attributes of Attahiru qualify him as

an egocentric patriot

a Muslim fanatic

a religious martyr

a political revolutionary

40
The play is historical because it deals with

the jihad led by Caliph Altahuiru

real personages and places

Lugards attempt to amalgamate the southern and northern protectorates

Attahirus ascension to the caliphacy in

November 1902

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on General Literary Principle

The physical setting within which the action of a narrative takes place is the

stage

scene

locale

location
D

42

An anti-social action taken by the tragic hero which results in a catastrophe is called

ariagnorisis

premonition

harmatia

empathy

43

A work which takes place in a non-existent world or which concerns an incredible character is

romance

fantasy

parody
superstition

44

A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama is a

play-within-the-play

comic scene

comic relief

trugu-cornody

45

A travelogue is

the account of the travails of a character in a novel

a record of the writers experiences during a journey

a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writers journey

the account of the experiences of an individual during his lifetime

46

Flashback in a literary work helps to

fill the missing link

reveal the characters mindsets

place the story in proper perspective

relate events that are extraneous to the story

47

An address to a metaphysical source of inspiration by a poet is called

clairvoyance
inspiration

invocation

nemesis

48

The sides of a stage are called

the ways

the pits

both sides

the wings

49

A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a fine in a poem is called

rhythm

tetrametre

assonance

caesura

50

A complex plot can be described as the plot structure that has

multiple scenes

strands of events runnings concurrently

well-developed characters

an abstract subject and setting

S/No

Exam/

Year
Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2007

LITERATURE

Questions I to 5 are based on William Shakespeares

Hamlet. The death of Polonius can be partly blamed on Hamlets

anger

procrastination

fear

disenchantment

A
2

Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister; And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and 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 Hamlets attentions
because

of his insanity

such attentions cannot be given by too young a

person

of his mournful state

the sincerity of his love is in doubt.

But, O, what form of prayer

Can serve my turn? Forgive me my foul Murder! That cannot be; since I am still possessed Of those effects for which
I did the murder Those effects which Claudius is still possessed of from the excerpt above are
Hamlets orchard and his crown

young Hamlet and Gertrude

the crown and the queen

Norway and young Fortinbras

In the play, the two revenge plots revolve around

Hamlet against Polonius and Laertes against Claudius

Hamlet against Claudius and Laertes against

Hamlet

Claudius against Hamlet and Laertes against Gertrude

Ophelia against Hamlet and Laertes against

Hamlet

5
How does Queen Gertrude finally die?

Through strangulation

By venomed sword.

From poisoned drink

Of snake bite

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Ahmed Yerimas Attahiru. Abbas money which is stolen from his bag is

his inheritance from his uncle

his inheritance from his father

the proceeds from the goods he sells

the money his friend gives him.

C
7

The play is about

resistance to British administration

opposition to Christianity

disunity among the Hausa states

unity in the caliphate

aracterization in the play comprises three major groups of

counsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers

court officials, British soldiers and beggars

court officials, British officials and people

people, soldiers and beggars

A
9

How does Lugard describe the battle between the white man arid the Sokoto Caliphate?

One between superior and inferior powers.

One between Christians and Muslims.

One of life and death

One of the superiority of wills

10

What is Dan Magajis advice on the war with the white man?

Caliph should go into exile

The war should start immediately.

The palace should be vacated.

Caliph should seek support from neighbours.

A

11

Questions II to 14 are based on Thomas Hardys Tess of the dUrbervilles.

One thing that Angel Clare hates most is

the notion of old family

marrying a girl of her parents choice

Cambridge education

becoming a minister

12

At what time does Tess often look so transformed before Angel Clare?

At 3 am on their way to milking the cow.

At 12 midnight while retiring to bed.

At twilight

At 12 noon

13

Tess of the dUrbervi!Ies is an interrogation of the Victorian periods

double standard

concept of love

ideas about women

celebration of industrialization

14

Mrs. Joan Durbeyfield is portrayed as

reticent and deeply emotional

strong-willed and boisterous

pretentious and calculating

fastidious and overbearing

15

Questions 15 to 17 are based on Ademiluyis The New Man

When do Ayo and his mother stop begging for alms?

As soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector

Shortly before the beggars strike.

As soon as his mother starts kicking against it.

After their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni.

16
The novel is remarkable for the authors use of

digression and rubric

intrigues and metaphors

setting and design

suspense and irony

17

The metamorphosis that takes place in the novel is

mainly due to

disillusionment

greed and avarice

love and affection

selfishness

18
Questions 18 to 20 are based on Ayi Kwei Armahs Fragments.

It can be safely assumed that the novel is

culturally simple

structurally complex

naturally simple

physically relevant

19

The outdooring ceremony of Arabas child, fixed for the fifth day after his birth, is opposed to by Naana because the
child

is still in the custody the spirits

makes the spirits angry

is reincarnated in the father

needs the uncles support

D

20

In the novel, the most prominent form of literature used is

myth

drama

poetry

folktale

21
Questions 21 to 30 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; 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 persona in Housmans To en Athlete Dying Young addresses the dead athlete using

monologue

apostrophe

dialogue

admonition

22

In Keats On the Grasshopper and Cricket, the frost of winter evenings is said to cause

violence
luxury

silence

loneliness

23

In Miltons On His Blindness, the poets attitude towards his blindness is one of

anger

sorrow

fortitude

apathy

24

In Senghors I will Pronounce Your Name, cinnamon is significant for its

dramatic irony

botanical allusion

olfactory image

extended metaphor

25

The use of enjambment in Cheney-Cokers Myopia

emphasizes the

anger of the peasants

beauty of the poem

distressed mood of the persona

arrangement of the stanzas

26
In Brutus A Troubadour I Traverse, the poet juxtaposes

love with hatred

defiance with submission

suffering with pleasure

safety with danger

27

The concern of the poet in Serenade is to

boast about the lovers weatth

appeal to the lady in question

examine the gloomy side of marriage

express the ladys sense of grief.

28
The poet persona in Wangusas A Taxi Driver on His Death is

optimistic

pessimistic

romantic

sarcastic

29

n Odia Ofeimuns We must Learn Again to Fly, the use of we gives the poem a

universal appeal

personifying effect

symbolic undertone

dramatic sensation

A
30

In Clarks Agbor Dancer, the poet watches the dancer with

spite

despair

nostalgia

rhapsody

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles.

A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other

distinguishing characteristics is

a fictional character

a stock character

a rounded character
an antagonist

32

Monometer is a

single meter of Coleridges poem, Christabel

single foot used in John Miltons sonnets

line, repeated in the first syllable of a word

line of verse consisting of a metrical foot.

33

Zeugma is a figurative device in which a

noun refers to two parts of an expression

conjunction governs two parts of an expression

verb refers to two parts of an expression

pronoun governs two parts of an expression

34

Chanson is a term denoting a

poem of varied metrical forms

form of love song

song from the Middle Ages

popular Korean verse.

35

The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

epitasis
protasis

catharsis

catastasis

36

Black theatre is drama concerned with

mourners dressed in black

actors of black origin

the identity of black Americans

Africans of West Indian origin

37

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

Lament

Ode

Sonnet

Epic

38

A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

epanalepsis

antithesis

envoi

irony

39
That quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is

pathos

patois

pataphysics

pathopoeia

40

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

hamartia

anagnorisis

hubris

anamnesis

41
Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

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

Ismeal Heron: Pardon me

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

plagiarism

anapora

paralipsis

alliteration

42

Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a lengendary scion of the soil the brief sack with
bulging stomach.

The poem achieves its significant effect through the

use of

quatrain and imagery

rhyme and simile

onomatopoeia and alliteration

alliteration and personification

43

I will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obil The device used in the line above is

repetition

chronological

refrain

parallelism

44
And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis It quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their
wings

For here too, growth emerges from sleep; From a beginning that was the end of an era.

Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being

paradoxical

antithetical

illogical

tautological

45

KATE: No shame but mine. I must, forsooth, be Forced To give my hand opposed against my heart Unto a mad-brain
rudesby, full of spleen, Who wooed in

haste and means to weel at leisure, I told you, I, he was a frantic fool, Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviour.
William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew In the excerpt above, it is clear that the speaker is

contented

indifferent

anxious
enthusiastic

46

Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this
morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I

was walking into a house of ruin.

J.P. Clark-Bekederemo: The Boat

From the excerpt above, the speaker is

bereaved

homeless

recovering from an illness

a trained nurse.

47
Caliph:... Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands...

Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allahs will in the matter. The language of the speaker above is

submissive

inciting

diplomatic

imploring

48

The white man of God is coming here for Easter! The white man of God is coming to spend Easter with us! This
was the talk everywhere in Nkar

among the old and young, even among the pagans. We had been taught everything about him in

advance. When he comes we should observe his beard and see if it was not forked like that of Christ. Kenjo Jumban:
The White Man of God From the passage, the white man of God is treated

with

awe

derision
suspicion

indifference

49

Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with neither no trade mans matters nor womens matters, but
withal - I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.

William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar The speaker in the excerpt above is a

trader

surgeon

meddler

cobbler

50
O, let us have him, for his silver hairs Will purchase us a good opinion And buy mens voices to commend our deeds.
It shall be said his judgement rules our hands. Our youths and wildness shall not whit appear, But all be buried in his
gravity. William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar In the excerpt above, his silver hairs refers to

a judicial wig

make-up

old age

wealth

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

S/No
1

2008

LITERATURE

Questions 1 to 5 are based on J. C. De Grafts sons and Daughters.In the play, Fasuwa represents the

new culture

patriarchy

old order

African civilization

The play opens with a conversation between Aaron and Awere about

Aarons choice of course

Maanans encounter with the lawyer

George and Kofi

Hannah and George

I still think you can do something about it... persuade him; make him see how frustrating the whole business is
bound to be for you. The whole business in the excerpt above refers to

marriage proposal

career choice

business contract

political transition

4
The central conflict in the play is

religious

Romantic

generational

communal

The change in fortune is achieved in the play when

James agrees that Aaron and Maanan should study what they want

Lawyer B harasses Maanan in his office

Haanah, James wife convinces him

Aaron and Maanan agree to read the courses

James chooses for them

6
Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet.

I will be brief, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale! The statement above is in reference to
the

Speakers

retirement

imminent death

state of health

short-tempered nature

Romeos death becomes inevitable because

Friar Lawrences letter is not delivered

Juliet is married to Paris

Romeo kills Tybalt in a duel

Juliet has committed suicide

The multiple deaths in the play serve as a punishment for

imposing life partner on children

treating others with hatred

disobeying ones own parents

shedding kinsmens blood.

The major reason for Juliets grief is

the death of her cousin

her reluctant marriage to the County

the banishment of her lover

her imminent death

10

The chorus in the prologue of the play is essentially

meant to

foreshadow the play

highlight the

estimate the actions

introduce the play

11

Questions 11 to 14 are based on George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four.

In the novel, Big Brother metaphorizes a

totalitarian authority

benevolent leader

revolutionary leader

party brotherhood.

12

In the novel, Orwell attempts to

satirize the artificiality of a machine controlled

society

eulogize the beauty of the socialist system

condemn the disgusting hypocrisy of all communist systems

laud the boundless possibilities of the human intellect

13
Winston Smith begins his rebellion against the power of the state by

purchasing arms

keeping a private diary

opposing the law

educating the youth.

14

The Ministry of Truth is concerned with

news, entertainment, education and fine arts

propaganda, war, publishing and enlightenment

investigation, propaganda and fine arts

economic affairs, education and propaganda

D
15

Questions 15 to 17 are based on Ferdinand

Oyonos The Old Man and the Medal. The events following the ceremony confirm Mekas

disillusion with the whites

satisfaction with the medal

contribution to the colonialists

admiration for the church

16

By my mother! said Engamba. The night rat doesnt tell what happened to him in the dark!

Men are born and die...

In the statement above, The night rat doesnt tell what happened to him in the dark! refers to

the whitemans treatment of Meka

Mekas treatment of the medal in the

whitewashed circle

peoples unwillingness to talk about how

whitemen treat them

peoples freedom of expression

17

In the novel, the expression to break the leg of an

antelope means

hunting

marriage

fighting

honeymoon

18
Questions 18 to 20 are based on Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood.

Ona has to leave her fathers house because

of her love for Agbadi

that is the tradition

her father is dead

of the safety of her child.

19

Nnaifes conscription into the army is portrayed as part of

family conflict

British oppression

family tradition

societal intrigue

D
20

The attitude of Nnu Ego when se was told that her Chi would not give her a child is one of

indifference

despair

apathy

hope

21

Questions 21 to 30 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. (ads.): A Selection of African
Poetry; 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 subject matter of Adeotis Naked Soles is

soul and mind

hunger and strife

suffering and despair

hatred and bitterness

22

Rubadiris An African Thunderstorm appeals to the readers sense of

sight and taste

feeling and sight

smell, taste and hearing

sight, smell and hearing

23
The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.' The lines above from Acqahs In the
Navel of the Soul depict

contradiction

inevitability

progress

awareness

24

In Kunenes A Heritage of Liberation, freedom is to be achieved through the efforts of

the old generation

new generation

present generation

successive generations

25
Launkos End of the War suggests that war brings about

ultimate solution to all problems

partial solution to problems

multifaceted problems

only temporary relief.

26

The persona in the poem Give Me The Minstrels Seat discourages

togetherness

hatred

isolation

poverty

C
27

Marvels To His Coy Mistress is written mainly in

alternate rhymes

blank verse

heroic couplets

middle rhymes

28

The attitude of the poet-persona to bats, in Lawrences Bat is one of

satisfaction

reverence

hatred

repulsion

C
29

The language used in Eliots The Journey of the

Magi is generally

difficult

complex

simple

complicated

30

In Copes Sonnet VII, poetry is

a popular act

a boring act

an idle hobby
a useless undertaking

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles.An interlude is a brief

presentation in the interval of a dramatic

performance

play before the main dramatic performance

presentation after the main dramatic

performance

dialogue between two persons

32

An epic is a heroic story which includes

ballad

lyric

myth

dialogue

33

Farce can be described as a dramatic piece marked by

movement from serious to the light-hearted mood

comic and exaggerated actions

actions devoid of meaning

gloomy actions with momentary reliefs

34
A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

saga

discourse

monologue

harangue

35

Oxymoron is the use of two contrasting words that are

placed far apart

different in meaning

placed side by side

similar in meaning

36
A line or a group of lines repeated in the course of a

poem is called

chorus

refrain

repetition

prologue

37

Limerick is a light verse which consists of five lines that are

Anapaestic

trochaic

spondaic

Dactylic

D
38

A short narrative or lyrical poem intended to be sung is a

leich

lay

lauda

letrilla

39

A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as

metanoia

metaphysical

meta language

metalepsis

D
40

A literary work which imitates another in a distorted form is called

exodium

isocohen

metonymy

burlesque

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

You do not have to be brutal to be a soldier, or rather you are brutal not because you are a

soldier, but because there is a sadist, a rapist, a fascist and a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army
uniforms to give them expression. The speaker here contends that

oldiers are generally wicked

human nature has to do with a profession

soldiers are characteristically gentle

the latent brutality in man finds expression in

war

42

Use the passage below to answer questions 42 and 43. But the towering earth was tired of sitting in
one position. She moved, suddenly, and the

houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost. The subject
matter of the passage is

earthquake

demolition

flood

storm

43
The image depicted is one of

destruction

dejection

happiness

admiration

44

She even thinks that up in heaven Her class lies late and shores While poor black cherubs rise at seven To do
celestial chores. Countee Cullen: For a Lady I Know The tone of the poem above is

satiric

affectionate

indifferent

sympathetic

B
45

Life, though a vanity Yet, not purposeful In drawling resignation Lifes spice is in strive

From the extract above, the poet suggests that

life is full of care

there cant be life without strive

life is worthwhile without care

strive makes life worth living.

46

An unlucky creation His mother, a street walker; His lying father, A champion at producing bastards.

B.S.: Tibenderana; The Bastard

The subject of the poem above is

a prostitute
the lying father

the son

the orphan

47

Sweet smile in time of snarl

gives pride in spite of sneer

sing, rid this world of despair

and save a snared heart from

Cascading stream of strife.

The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

rhyme

alliteration

repetition

onomatopoeia

B
48

My heart leaps up when I behold A rain in the sky:

So was it when my life began;

So it is now I am a man

So be it when I shall grow old,

The Child is the father of the man; And I could wish my day to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
William Wordsworth: My heart leaps up when I behold The expression The child is the father of the man in the poem
above is an example of

paradox

metaphor

simile

ellipsis

49
Todays my last day here. Im done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I dont know
why they really hired me. Theyre talking to dad behind my back. Begging for

favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tenders. Ken Kamoche: A
fragile Hope The technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is

flashback

stream of consciousness

foreshadowing

play-within-the-play

50

If the earth were mortal

Where would the flower live?

If you left the earth

What would happen to beauty?

The poets tone above can be described as

lamentative

Satiric
imploring

adoring

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

S/No

2009

LITERATURE

Questions 1 to 5 are based on J.C. De Grafts Sons and

Daughters.

In the play, the character of Lawyer B is presented through the use of

flashback

dialogue

play-within-the-play

irony

James Ofosus desire is to see Maanan trained as

a choreographer

an attorney

an accountant

a surgeon

3
The plot of the play is

linear

cyclical

complicated

episodic

What causes the strained relationship between James and Lawyer B?

Betrayal of trust

Standard of education

Working experience

Family differences

A
5

Now look what we have: a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers! The device used by Aaron in the excerpt above
is

suspense

rhetorical question

oxymoron

allegory

Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet

When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if

Juliet is prepared

Roseline is prepared

the corpse is ready

the bride is dressed.

Use the excerpt below to answer

Use the excerpt below to answer questions 7 and 8.

So tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them. What makes
Juliets night so tedious is the

murder of Tybalt by Romeo

arranged marriage between her and Paris

eagerness to be married to Romeo

unconsummated marriage with Romeo

8
The literary device used in the excerpt is

euphemism

simile

sarcasm

bathos

The atmosphere of tragedy in the play is created through the use of

dreams and foreboding

fights and quarrels

wars and hatred

ideas and dramatization

10
Shakespeare depicts love and idealism through the

party at the Capulets

lovers tomb at the end

brawl between Romeo and Tybalt

balcony scene in the second Act

11

Questions 11 to 14 are based on George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four In the novel, the party approves the
separation of

Couples only

on condition of infidelity

where there are no children

in situation of irreconcilable differences

on the death of one of the couples

B

12

One of the themes of the novel is

colonialism

repression

senility

destruction

13

Newspeak, the official language of Oceania, is devised to

meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc

help devoted party men and women

provide a medium of expression for world view only

assist by culling the choice of words for party

members.

14

The main concern of Winston in the novel is to

take power for himself

acquire wealth

overthrow the party

bring social change

15

Questions 15 to 17 are based on Ferdinand Oyonos The Old Man and the Medal
We are here to die of rage! I say die of rage because this time the uncircumcised have gone too far... The word
uncircumcised En the statement above by Nti refers to

Nua and Mvondo

the whites

the people of Doum

the white farmers

16

The only two sons of Meka diem fighting for

independence

the colonialist

the church

their people

17
In the novel, Africanness is achieved in both

setting and characterization

narration and style

diction and syntax

pun and style.

18

Question 18 to 21 are based on Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood. What prompts Nnu Ego to run to
the effigy of her Chi is that

she is worried and sick

she is pregnant

the chi asks her to come

milk is dripping from her breast

A
19

In the society of Nwokocha Agbadi, a mans social

rating is determined by his

oratorical power

physical powers

gentle mien

altruistic

20

look at me jubilant for being given another

opportunity to leave longer, and see this foolish man eager to end her own life when her Maker is not
yet ready for her. The opportunity referred to in the extract above is

he misunderstanding between Nnaife and his Wife

narrowly escaping being knocked down

the drivers encounter with Nnu Ego

ominous visit of Agunwa

21

Questions 21 to 30 are based on selected poems from Ker, D. 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 (eds.): Exam Focus; Literature in English;

Eruvbetine, A. F. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, O. I. (ed.); West

African Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles.

Thorn in Adeotis Naked Soles symbolizes

victory

bleakness

destruction

suffering

D
22

Pregnant clouds

Ride safely on its back

Pregnant clouds in Rubadiris An African Thunderstorm implies

uncertainly

calmness

disbelief

fertility

23

The phrase the sunset in Kunenes A Heritage of

Liberation refers to

critical need
old age

patience

caution

24

The silence of the battlefield

heralds the widows anguish.

The widow in the lines above in Launkos End of the War is in anguish because of the

confirmation of her husbands death

uncertainty over her husband returning alive

delay in the husbands return from the battlefield

death of all the soldiers in the battlefield

25
The end of Give Me The Minstrels Seat seems to suggest that one needs the

support of others

complete command of ones wives

support of ones kinsmen

aid of poets

26

According to Give Me The Minstrels Seat, a woman is

a necessary evil

only fulfilled when married

naturally jealous

a harbinger of good luck.

27
In Marvels To His Coy Mistress, the poet-persona tries to

build up the climax of expectation of women

discuss how a woman labours hard

meet the peoples expectation in a religious

adventure

discuss the nature of man and the value of time.

28

In Lawrences Bat, the poets attitude to bat is one of

fear

sarcasm

contempt

flattering

C
29

The first stanza of Eliots The Journey of the Magi depicts the

hazards of the journey

increment of fortune for the pilgrims

blind acceptance of faith

Journey as an influential factor.

30

In Copes Sonnet VII, poets are presented as

recluses

travellers

sociologists

researchers
D

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles. A poetic device in which an idea in a line runs
into another is called

rhyme scheme

enjambment

end rhyme

pathos

32

The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is

rhythm

mimics
lyric

metonymy

33

A conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is

mimesis

performance

mockery

parody

34

The use of gestures to communicate in drama is known as

burlesque
soliloquy

mime

melodrarna

35

A short and witty remark is

a limerick

a tercet

an epigram

a litotes

36

An expression that signifies a whole through its significant parts is

synaesthesia

synecdoche

metonymy

allegory

37

A structural arrangement of units of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly
placed is called

repetition

paradox

retrain

parallelism

38
The pride that contributes to the fall of a tragic character in a play is known as

harmatia

catharsis

hubris

epistasis

39

A metrical foot of two stressed or long syllables is

called

a spondee

a trochee

an anapest

an iamb

B
40

A group of three lyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as

triplet

triolet

trilogy

triad

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

Biokun: I did it for her! Let them laugh! Let them condemn me. I who have always derided superstition. I have gone
back to the shrine of Olokun. At least if he dies, Oroki will know I tried everything. Femi Osofisan: No More the
Wasted

Breed Biokuns mood in this passage is one of

desperation

frustration
anger

anxiety

42

My song is the root

Touching other roots

In a covenant below the crust...

Niyi Osundare: Waiting Laughters The imagery used in the second line of the extract above is

olfactory

visual

tactile

auditory

43
The huge sacrifice that ward oft death The big offering that

Prevents diseases... Femi Osofisan: Morountodun

The poem above can best be described as

epic

heroic

praise

quatrain

44

Why blame her who denies love for the asking And not the Birds and Moths and Beetles That after deep draughts
from rich nector wells Flee the drained petals to virgin flowers.The lines above are an indictment of

adultery

gluttony

flirtation

infertility
C

45

Oh, the market is set like the hub of a wheel And it pulls like a magnet strong. It is easy to tell

How it casts its spell And draws all the crowds along. The sound device used in the extract above is

rhyme

alliteration

emphasis

assonance

46

A reference beyond the immediate is being presented is known as

Allusion

diversion
inversion

imagery

47

The hoe is her barber

The line above is an example of

metaphor

hyperbole

metaphor

litotes

48

From the sky suspended

The strings of tattered pants

Marched on trembling feet

Under stone heavy-kits Marched, on their breast Scared, monogram of skulls and bones Ossie Enekwe: Mass for the
Dead

The subject matter of the extract above is

wastage

war

love

hatred

49

Tonderai was assisted by the villagers in placing his trunck box into the back of the car and he got into the
passenger side of the truck. Initially, he was a bit nervous and clearly

uncomfortable. His young mind was asking how

someone whom, he had almost caused a serious accident could be his benefactor.

Daniel T. Manyika: Two Worlds Apart The narrative point of view used in the extract above can best be described as

omniscient
subjective

panoramic

scenic

50

Me to the Orangery

Solitude invites, A wagtail, to tell

The tangled-wood-tale.

Christopher Okigbo: Heavensgate

The complexity of the poem can be ascribed to the

poets use of

archaic diction

structural inversion

compound words

extended metaphor

C
S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2010

LITERATURE

Which Literature in English Question Paper Type is given to you?

A. Type A B. Type B

C. Type C D. Type D

The speaker above is referring to

C

Questions 2 to S are based on J.C. De Grafts Sons and, Daughters.

I simply dont understand what the matter with everybody is today. Everybody let me down,

and.

Hannah and George

Aaron and Maanan

Lawyer B and Mrs

Fosuwa and Maidservant

3
Maanan expresses dislike for Lawyer B because Of

his recent advances towards her

the betrayal of her fathers trust

the betrayal of his wifes trust

his condemnation of her choice of career.

The traditional order in the play is represented by

Hannah

Maanan

Aunt

Mrs

A
5

Where does the play take place?

in Georges place

In Aunts house

in Ofosus place

On the street

Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet.

0 deadly sin! 0 rude unthankfulness! Thy fault

our law calls death, but the kind Prince, Taking thy part, bath rushed aside the law And turned

that black word. Deadly sin refers to the

subde of Romeo

Murder of Paris

murder of Tybalt

suicide of Juliet

The play is mostly written in

free verse

metres

foot

blank verse

8
0 serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! The statement above refers to

Romeo

Tybalt

Benvolio

Juliet

The spatial setting of the play is

Verona

Padua

Venice

Athens

A
10

Romeo is banished to Mantua because he

marries Juliet without parental consent

attends Capulets party uninvited

attempts to kill Paris his rival

kills Tybalt in a street duel.

11

Questions 11 to 13 are based on Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood In the novel, the society puts
high value on

male ascendancy

procreation

gender equity

egalitarianism
A

12

The medicine man links the lump discovered on the head of Nnu Ego at birth, to the

wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadis wife

coming back of the Agunwa to the society to live

again

-luck and tragic events attributed to a predestined fate

possession of physical admirable qualities that

makes her an epitome of perfection.

13

The constant companions of Nnaifes family are

poverty and hunger

sickness and Joblessness

disagreement and humiliation

Togetherness and happiness

14

Questions 14 to 16 are based on Ferdinand Oyonos the Old Man and the Medal

The disagreement between Mvondo and Nti Centres on the latters claim to have

eaten the entire entrails of a sheep

eaten more than his share of the food

been in a whitemans office

assisted Meka in getting the medal

15
Meka can best be described as

a simple hearted old man

an impulsive old man

an old religious bigot

an egocentric old man

16

In the novel, the colonialists treat the Africans with

disdain

indifference

honour

kid gloves

17
Questions 17 to 20 are based on George Orwells

Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The Ministry of Peace is concerned with making

weapons

Wars

reconciliation

instruments

18

The subject matter

exploitation and cruelty

retributive justice

class segregation

totalitarian dictatorship

D
19

How did Winston start his rebellion against the state?

By keeping a private diary

When he started a secret affair

When he spied on the party

By engaging in anti-party activities

20

The party seeks power for

its own sake

its members

peoples sake

the nation
A

21

Questions 21 to 30 are based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.) New Poetry from

Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K. E. and Vincent, T. (edsj: A Selection

of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A. E. et a!

(eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. l. (ed): West African Verse

As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the images in Adeotis Naked Soles change from

inaction to action

pain to grief

sorrow to joy

joy to excitement

22
Rubadiris An African Thunderstorm, says that

during thunderstorm in the village

children play in the rain

children are delighted while women move in and

out

both women and children are delighted

women cook their food.

23

Yet in their finger upon I

Our navel The midwives of the spirit say They feel a foetal throb. The dominant literary device used in the extract
above from Acquahs In the Navel of the Soul is

allegory

enjambment

rhythm

epigram
D

24

In Kunenes A heritage of Liberation, the poet persona requests that the weapons of warfare be handed to their

relations

grand children

families

friends

25

The predominant device in Launkos End of the

War is

antithesis

oxymoron
paradox

onomatopoeia

26

The theme of the poem Give Me The Minstrels Seat centres on

fortune

marriage

companionship

divorce

27

The poet persona in Marvells To His Coy Mistress is willing to praise the ladys eyes for

six decades
two centuries

a century

thirty thousand year

28

In Lawrences Bat, the poet persona mistakes the bats for

swallows

pipistrello

sparrows

owls

29

In Eliots Journey of the Magi, the magi are aided on their journey by
horses

camels

chariots

donkeys

30

According to Copes Sonnet VII, poetry is basically

therapeutic

philosophical

inspiring

boring

31
Questions 31 to 40 are based on General

Literary Principles.

A play which mainly aims at provoking excessive Laughter is called

comedy

a farce

satire

a tragi-comedy

32

Both comedy and tragedy have

climax

tragic hero
stanza

happy ending

33

A formal dignified speech or writing praising a

.o person or a thing for past or present deeds is

eulogy

anthology

lampoon

premiere

34

The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the
subjective

first-person

third-person

objective

35

The physical, historical or cultural background of a literary work is referred to as

plot

time

setting

episode

36
A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as

circular

episodien

organic

open-ended

37

Pun as a literary device deals with

placing words side by side

playing on words

arrangement of words

placing two opposite phrases

38
In a narrative poem, the poet attempts to

describe a place

preach a sermon

tells a story

Summarize a story

39

The account of experiences of an individual during the course of a journey is known as

an autobiography

a catalogue

a memoir

a travelogue

40
Satirical writing employs

synecdoche

irony

onomatopoeia

Epigram

41
Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

Use the quotation below to answer questions 41 and 42. Basha: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court
martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl? Wole Soyinka: King Baabu

The person being addressed above is a

student

domestic servant

lawyer

soldier

42

From the tone of the speech above, the speaker is obviously

lackadaisical

elated

earthquake

storm

D
43

That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man
tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself.

Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart

The mood conveyed in the excerpt above is one of

frustration

sympathy

dilemma

sadness

44

That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer, But being spent, the

worst Time still succeed the former. The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is
aabb

abab

abba

bbaa

45

But the towering earth was tired sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses

crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.

The subject matter of the extract above is

sea waves

house movement

earthquake

Storm

A
46

And your laughter like a flame

Piercing the shadows Has revealed Africa to me beyond The snow of yesterday.

From the poem above, shadow means

bleak future

period of sufferings

abstract ideas

famine

47

Dont panic. Be calm. If you are some how upset... try to regain your exposure. The speaker in the excerpt above is

uncertain

afraid

confident
hopeless

48

Use the lines below to answer questions 48 and 49.Move him into the sun Gently its touch awoke him
once, At home, whispering of fields unsown

Always it woke him even in France Until this morning and this snow If anything might rouse him now
This kind old sun will know Think how it wakes the seeds Woke, once, the clays of a cold star Are limbs,
so dear achieved, are sides Full nerved still warm too hard to stir Was it, for this the clay grew tall?

O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earths sleep at all.

The poem can be described as

an epic

a sonnet

an elegy

a lyric

49
The theme of the poem is

distortion of life

creation of life

vanity of life

futility of life

50

A cursing rogue with, a merry farce, A bundle of rags upon a crutch, Stumbled upon that windy place Called
cruachan, and it was as much.

The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

abab

bbaa

abba

aabb
A

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2011

LITERATURE

1. Which Question Paper Type of Literature in English is given to you?

Type A

Type B.
Type C.

Type D.

Questions 2 to 5 are based on J.C. De Grafts Sons and Daughters

From its resolution of conflicts, the play can be described as a

tragedy

farce

melodrama

comedy

The prevailing theme of the play is

love

social decadence

self-will

affluence

The final harassment of Maanan takes place in

Ofosus office

Lawyer Bs chamber

Ofosus house

Lawyer Bs house.

5
Everything in this room outrages my sense of beauty undermines my will to create pictures of

lasting appeal... The speaker in the quotation above is

happy

excited

tired

frustrated

6
Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Sakespeares Romeo and Juliet

Farewell. - God knows when we shall meet again, I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, That
almost freezes up the heat of life. Ill call them back again to comfort me. Nurse! - What should she do
here? My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial.

The intention of the speaker above is to

commit suicide

commit murder

escape from harsh realities of life

take a temporary harmful substance

The play reaches the point of denouement

at the family feast

at the reconciliation of the feuding families

when Romeo is informed of Juliets death

when Romeo kills Paris at the tomb.

The news of Juliets death is broken to Romeo in Mantua by

Balthasar

Boy

Friar John

Friar Lawrence

In the play, Mercutio can be described as

fraudulent
gentle

kind-hearted

quarrelsome

10

The plot of the play is

simple

convoluted

chronological

complicated

11
Questions 11 to 13 are based on Ferdinand Oyonos The Old Man and the Medal The heavy downpour on
the night of Mekas

investiture symbolizes

revelation

conviction

blessing

mockery

12

Vandermayers attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the churchs

despondency

infuriation

hypocrisy

suspicion

A
13

As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up, puffing up and then deflating the skin
under his chin.

The subject of description in the lines above is

the high commissioner

the white chief

M. Fouconi

M. Pipiniakis

14

Questions 14 to 16 are based on Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood.

For attempted murder, Nnaife was jailed for

four months

five months
two months

three months

15

In the novel, Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and

height

illiteracy

wealth

treachery

16

In the novel, the handing over of a baby boy in a

dream to Nnu Ego by her personal god signifies

reincarnation

idol worship

doom

future blessing

17

Questions 17 to 20 are based on George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four The novel draws a picture of

a useless past

an unstable moment

a peaceful atmosphere

a totalitarian future

18
The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winstons dreams of

freedom and democracy

wealth and capitalism

sovereignty

internal security

19

Room 101 symbolizes a place of

rest

humiliation

torture

fun

20
The novel can be described as

optimistic

persuasive

pessimistic

antagonistic

21
Questions 21 to 30 are based on selected poems from Ker, O. et al (eds.): New Poetry from

Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al

(eds): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides
and Nwoga, Di. (ed): West Africa Versa

In Naked Soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through

scorching sun

blooming thorns

a cloudy atmosphere

a dirty room

22

In Rubadiris An African Thunderstorm, the thunderstorm begins with

rain from the west

rain from the east

clouds from the west

clouds from the east

23

The theme of Acquahs In the Navel of the Soul is

the conflict of traditions

the futility of man and his tradition

the strength in diversity of culture and traditional

views

ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed

24

In Kunenes A Heritage of Liberation, the persona is concerned with the

peoples struggle for survival

intolerance of the new generation

celebration of African tradition

criticism of modern tradition

25

Launkos End of the War portrays the

silence of battlefield

irony of life

arrangement of war

usefulness of praise singers

26
26. Woman cannot exist except by man, What is there in that to vex some of them so? The statement above from
the poem Give Me The Minstrels Seat exemplifies

litotes

transferred epithet

synecdoche

Rhetorical question

27

Marvell, in To His Coy Mistress uses the imagery of death to

appreciate Gods power

condemn the lady

scare the lady

underscores lifes transience

28
To sustain the interest of readers, Lawrence in Bat uses

elision

suspense

oxymoron

hyperbole

29

With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness. And three trees on the low sky.

In the excerpt above from Eliots Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is

oxymoron

hyperbole

alliteration

personification

C
30

The tone of Copes Sonnet VII is generally

persuasive

optimistic

mournful

humorous

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles.

The large space above the proscenium in a theatre from which the scenes are controlled is called

aside

anachronism

flies
setting

32

Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others.., When you induce

opponents to come to you, then their force is always empty, like attacking emptiness with fullness is throwing stones
on eggs. Zhang Yu: The Art of War

The theme of the passage above is

folly of soldiers

spurring people to action

war

inspiration

33
The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of lines is

assonance

onomatopoeia

alliteration

parallelism

34

A ballad is meant to be

acted

discussed

read

sung

35
In drama, dramaturge is he who

writes or edits plays

directs a play

acts a film

features in a play

36

Travellogue is a work of art written

by a famous playwright

by an unpopular novelist

on a journey

before the death of the author

37
Plays are basically meant to

change the world

be read for pleasure

be presented on stage

keep people out of trouble

38

A character who re-enacts familiar experiences that

readers easily identify with is

round character

stock character

static character

flat character

A
39

The plot of a story generally refers to the

intrigue made by a character against the hero

way in which the events of the story are organized

way in which the writer begins the story

way the writer ends tile story

40

The metric pattern in a line of poetry with few stressed and five unstressed syllables is

trochaic decametre

iambic pentametre

anapestic metre

dactylic metre
B

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation

Theseus: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on space four happy days bring in Another moon. But, 0, me
thinks how slow This old desires, Like to a step-dame or a dowager, Long withering out a young mans revenue.
William Shakespeare: A MidsummerNights Dream

The literary devices used in the excerpt above are

personification and simile

alliteration and synecdoche

rhyme and refrain

irony and suspense

42

You are the silent code of pleasure locked in worldless wonder. You are the hive of treasure no dragon can
plunder Gbemisola Adeoti: Dream Code The excerpt above achieves its rhetorical effect

through the use of

repetition and meiosis

caesura and hyperbole

alliteration and irony

metaphor and rhyme

43

It was not yet closing time, but already most staff were trooping out of their offices. The lift was working now and he
squeezed himself into it, breathing with difficulty the body odour emitted by one of the passengers. He sighed with
relief when they got to the ground floor and trumbled out of the lift. Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Forest of Flowers In the
excerpt above, the subjects experience in the lift is

timely

unpleasant

amusing

comfortable

B
44

Do not thank me, instead, let me ask you one question. Now you have all come here sprawling, vomiting, rubbing
tears on one

another begging me to do my duty and help you. But what about you yourselves? What have you done to help
yourselves? Answer. Or is the

land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying?

Ola Rotimi: The Gods Are Not To Blame In the excerpt above, the land is not at peace because of

chieftaincy tussle

political unrest

sickness and death

famine and war.

45
In those days, When civilization kicked us in the face When holy water slapped our cringing brows. The vultures built
in the shadow of their talons.

David Diop: The Vulture The dominant literary device used in the lines above is

pun

personification

simile

metaphor

46

I am not afraid of anything he told them. I have done almost everything in this world. I have committed all crimes
you can

think of and been jailed for most of them. I have been in prison more hours than I have been out of it within the last
five years.

In recounting his criminal life, the speakers tone is

regretful

subdued

repentant
boastful

47

I have said too much unto a heart of stone, And

laid my honour too unchary on it, Theres something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent
fault it is That is but mocks reproof.

William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

A head of stone in the lines above is an example of

metonymy

assonance

metaphor

litotes

48
Blood was to prove no solace to the king. The rejection he had suffered at ldamas hands pushed his spirit into a
comfortless hole in which, alone with himself he searched in vain for ways to run from his inner emptiness. Ayi Kwei
Armah: Two Thousand Seasons The narrators attitude to the king is one of

envy

suspicion

contempt

sympathy

49

Homage to Peregede, the triumphant mother of morning radiant in Chameleons velvet let todays dawn bring on its
rail trains of good tidings.

Gbemisola adeoti: Salutation to the gods The except above is an example of

invocation

ode

elegy

limerick
A

50

The wood decay, the woods decay and fall, the vapour weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and fills the
field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan.

The subject matter of the lines above is

death

famine

storm

rainfall

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question
Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2012

LITERATURE

1. Which Question Paper Type of Literature in English as indicated above is given to you

Type Green

Type Purple

Type Red

Type Yellow

The Type is Red.

2
Questions 2 to 5 are based on J.C. De Grafts

Sons and Daughters.

Who is the paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan?

Mrs Bonu.

Hannah

Fosuwa

Adwao

Fosuwa is the paternal aunt to Aaron and

Maanan as she is the great elder sister of Mr. James Ofusu, the father of Aaron and Maanan

From the play, George is a

laboratory attendant

pharmacist

nurse
medical doctor.

George read and practiced Medicine in the

play.

Use the question below to answer questions 4 and5.

If you touch me I shall smash your face with this bottle.

The statement is made by

Maanan to lawyer B

Maanan to Mrs Bonu

James to Awere

Awere to Aaron

Maanan is the character that brandishes a

broken tumble to attack Barrister Bonu to

prevent him from kissing her.

5
The issue at stake is that

Maanan is trying to compromise

Lawyer B is trying to kiss Maanan

James sees Awere as a bad influence

Mrs Bonu is taunting Maanan for loving her

husband.

The issue at stake is that Lawyer Bonu is

trying to kiss Maanan.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet From forth the fatal loins of
these two foes A

pair of star-crossed lovers takes

their life...

The lines above suggest that the tragedy in the play

could, have been averted

is predestined

is brought on by enmity

brought misfortune on the lovers

They suggest that the tragedy in the play is

brought on by enmity of the Montague and

Capulet families

O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It

seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

A rich jewel in an Ethiops ear.

From the lines above, Juliets beauty is presented

in contrast to the dark night

as a source of envy to all

in terms of riches

as being outstanding
D

Juliets beauty is presented in contrast to

the dark night suggesting that the richness

and brightness of Juliets beauty shines out

in the night

The all-seeing sun Neer saw match since first the world begun. The lines above are spoken by

Count Paris in praise of Juliet

Romeo in praise of Juliet

Romeo in praise of Roseline

Lady Capulet in praise of Roseline

Romeo avouched his love to Juliet as a perfect act of God.

The major role of Mercutio in the play is to

serve as a contrast to Romeo

aid and abet Romeos passion

annoy Tybalt

accompany Romeo to Friar Lawrence.

Mercutios role in the play is to aid and abet

Romeos passion

10

The play shares the feature of classical tragedy through the use of

violence on stage

chorus

comic relief

flashback.

The play shares the features of classical

tragedy through the use of chorus used to

enlighten the audience more on the

progress of the plot.

11

Questions 11 to 13 are based on Ferdinand Oyonos The Old Man and the Medal.

Meka, kneeling down in his usual fashion with his behind up in the air. Knelt down beside him. Amalia and her
husband Knelt down as well. The actions of Meka, Kelara, Amalia and her

husband signify

parade

dance

prayer

celebration

The posture assumed by the character is

indicative of mood for supplication

12

He had knocked his toes against so many things that he had no toenails anymore and the
yaws he had suffered from in his youth had twisted his toes up so that they pointed to the sky. The description
above is in reference to the fo

Kelara

Meka

Egamba

Mvondo.

The description is in reference to the foot of

Meka, the novels hero.

13

They said their prayers in a monotonous sing- song, kneeling on their bamboo bed like camels

waiting to be loaded. The dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above

is

rhetorical question

simile

metaphor

mixed metaphor child

B

The dominant figure of speech in the

excerpt is simile

14

Questions 14 to 16 are based on Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood.

As a symbol of marital success and fulfilment, Ibuza community places a lot of importance on

childbirth

wealth

male child

female child.

15

Ona on her dying bed appeals to Agbadi to

give her a befitting burial

take good care of her children

take another wife

allow Nnu Ego marry a man of her choice

Ibuza community places a lot of importance

on male child

16

The little money Nnaife makes after returning from Fernando Po is used for

expanding Nnu Egos business

taking care of his family

sending his children to school

getting more wives.

Ona appeals to Agbadi to allow Nnu Ego

marry a man of her choice.

17
Questions 17 to 20 are based on Georje Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel is mainly classified as a

metaphor

hyperbole

satire

fiction.

The novel is mainly classified as a satire as it

is of caricature-construct

18

Winston writes that the hope of the country lies on the

ministry of truth

proles

party

children.

Winston writes that the hope of the country

lies on the children where country houses

will be turned into childrens holiday camps

19

In the novel, two minutes hate is a programme designed for

parents

thought police

the community

children

It is a programme designed for thought

police

20

To drop his philosophy of life and imbibe the tenets of the party, Winston is subjected to all forms of torture and
inhuman treatment by

O Brien
thought Police

Big Brother

Goldstein

Winston is subjected to all forms of torture

and inhuman treatment by OBrien

21

Questions 21 to 30 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 Africa 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 Solos.

The movement in Adeotis Naked Soles is characterised by

hope and agreement

freedom and self-determination

pricks and tears

disappointment and disarray

B

The movement is characterized by pricks and thorns signifying painful passage and pin-full path.

22

One of the dominant themes of Rubadiris An African Thunderstorm is the

relationship between man and nature

activities of man during rainy seasons

effect of rain on women and children

problem of climate change

It shows the inevitable influence of nature

on man, his activities and environment

23

In Kunenes A Heritage of Liberation, the weapons

are to be preserved for the generation yet unborn by the

gods
elders

people

government

These are their collective sacrifices, cultural

edifies, prayers, relics of their forefathers,

etc.

24

Give Me The Minstrels Seat ends on a clarion call for

freedom

peace

rectitude

commitment

The poet admonishes his friends to cherish

a good name as a good name is better than

silver and gold. This is a very moral and

correct way of behaving

25

...the youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning dew...

The excerpt above from Marvells To His Coy Mistress is an example of

simile

anaphora

paradox

onomatopoeia

The excerpt is an example of simile

26

In Lawrences Bat, the poet compares bats with

sparrows

swans

swallows
crows

The poet compares bats with swallows

27

Elliots The Journey of the Magi could be said to examine the issues of

three trees on the low sky

empty wine-skins

spiritual rebirth

holy pilgrimage

In order to be purified, man has to undergo

some moments of difficulty, problems and

inhibitions

28

We would be believing we dreamt it The figure of speech in the line above from Acquahs In the Navel of the Soul is
apostrophe

assonance

antithesis

alliteration

This is the repetition of initial consonant

sounds in words.

29

The casualties in Launkos End of the War are

women

children

men

soldiers

The casualties are women who have lost

sons and husbands in the war

30
The theme of Copes Sonnet VII is

art of poetry

adventure

contempt for literature

isolation

The theme is contempt for literature which,

according to the poet, leads to boredom.

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles.

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as

characterization

allegory

metaphor

paralellism
B

Where persons, events and ideas represent

not only themselves on the literary level but

also stand for something else on the

symbolic level

32

Characterization in a novel refers to the

writers opinion of the characters

way the characters are revealed to the reader

characters and the way they behave

readers opinion of the characters

This is done by the writer using dialogue,

dialect, description and action.

33
In literary work, verbal irony refers to a

device in which the speaker means the opposite

of what he says

situation in which a character speaks or acts

against the trend of events

difficult situation which defies a logical or rational

resolution

device in which the actor on stage means exactly

what he says

Where a character says one thing but

means another

34

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other
characters on stage is called

aside

soliloquy
accoustic

tone

It is a theatrical convention that the aside is

not audible to other characters on stage.

35

Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of

movement and gesture for the screen and audience

speech, movement and gesture for the stage only

speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio

speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio.

Drama serves the stage, screen and radio.

36

A poets use of regular rhythm is known as

allegory

assonance

metre

onomatopoeia

This refers to the rhythmic arrangement of

syllables in verse

37

A literary genre which directly imitates human action is

drama

comedy

prose

poetry

This is Aristotles description of drama.

Actions or gesticulations differentiate

drama from other genres

38

A fable is a story in which

allegations are made about characters

animals or things are used as characters

there is an important setting

the story is told in poetic form

This is a brief story illustrating moral

instructions through animal character

39

38. The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is

euphemism

synecdoche

catharsis

oxymoron
D

This is bringing two contradictory ideas

together to arrive at a logical truth.

Examples include eloquent silence,

necessary evil, sick health and cold fire.

40

The main aim of caricature is to

describe

expose

emphasize

ridicule

An action that makes someone or

something look useless, foolish or worthless

41
Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth What is thy soul
of adoration The figure of speech in the lines above is

antithesis

invocation

personification

apostrophe

This is because ceremony is addressed as if

it possesses human beings virtues of worth and soul

42

What eyes will watch our large mouths Shaped by the laughter of big children What eyes will watch our large
mouths?
Birago Diop: Vanity The tone of the lines above is one of

sarcasm

sacrilege

chiasmus

eulogy.

A bitter kind of wit which often employs

irony and is always intended to mortify its victim.

43

The old man slept in his favourite chair The wind ran its fingers through his hair He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap

The rhyme scheme of the poem above is

bbaa

aabb

abab

baba

B
The rhyme scheme is aabb

44

Unequal laws unto a savage race,

That board, and sleep, and feed...

The lines above show that the speaker

detests discrimination

is desirous of adventure

hates his old wife

knows much of his city men.

It shows that the speaker hates injustice

and recognizes equal rights.

45

... How can I look at Oyo and say I

hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes, and
the family sees Jesus Christ in him... The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of

anger

alienation

hope

despair

A feeling that a situation cannot be

changed

46

Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth.

Wole Soyinka: Night

Night children in the stanza above reflect the consciousness of

birds

armed robbers

animals

spirit beings.
B

It is spirits that haunt the earth at night.

47

Serrated shadows, through dark leaves Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dapped cells Sensation pained me,
faceless, silent as night thieves.

Wole Soyinka: Night The dominant mood in the lines above is one of

apprehension

defiance

joy

indifference

This is a feeling of worry or fear of an

impending calamity.

48

The drums overwhelmed the guns... J.P Clark: Casualties

The poet in the excerpt above uses

litoes

symbolism

onomatopoeia

alliteration

This is the use of symbols to represent a

thing, idea or quality. Drums denote joy and

peace while guns denote hardship of

fighting.

49

...They do not see the funeral piles At home eating up the forests... J.P Clark: Casualties

The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through

metaphor

personification

synecdoche

metonymy
B

This involves giving animate qualities to

inanimate objects

50

I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees, all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly.

A. L Tennyson: Ulysses

The lines above inform the reader that the poet

is determined to suffer

has his poetic imagination kindled

will cure his sour mood

will not drink much

The lines show that the poet is hopeful

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject
Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2013

LITERATURE

1. Which question paper type of Literature in English is given to you?

Type D

Type I

Type B

Type U

2
Questions 2 to 5 are based on J.C. De Grafts Sons and Daughters. Use the excerpt below to answer
questions 2

and 3. James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my fathers coffin that if...

The lines depict James as a

traditionalist

Christian

pagan

Muslim

The speaker is referring to

Fosuwa

Awere

Maanari

Hannah
D

Aaron:... All I need really is a place in an Art school, engineering can go hang itself.

The dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above

personification

metaphor

metonymy

synecdoche

From the play, the character of Aaron represents the

new generation

old generation
painters

art work

Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares 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

engaging in a shouty match

holding a sword to commit murder

attempting to steal

attending a feast uninvited

7
What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues and thee Have at thee, coward! The
lines above reveal the speaker as a

real Montague

trouble shooter

violence seeker

peace maker

Romeos mood, at the beginning of the play can be described as

frustrated and pensive

gay and elated

melancholic and sentimental

dreamy and hopeful

9
0 deadly sin! 0 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.

The speaker in the passage above is

Apothecary

Lord Capulet

Lord Montague

Friar Lawrence

10

... Put up thy sword Or manage it to part these men with me. The speech above is made when

Romeo and Paris engage themselves into a fight

Benvolio tries to separate the servants of the feuding families

Tybalt challenges Romeo to duel

Prince Escalus arrives to make peace between

the families.

11

Questions 11 to 13 are based on Ferdinand Oyonos The Old Man and the Medal.

For his sacrifices to the church, Meka gets

a place near an aged leper

a and to build a new house

appointed into the church elders council

the privilege to choose a permanent place to sit.

12

Since I came to this country I have never seen cocoa as well dried as yours. The speaker above is
the Catechist

Nua

Nkolo

the Commandant

13

To the white men, the medal that is given to Meka symbolizes

peace

friendship

harmonious relationship

love

14
Questions 14 to 16 are based on Buchi Emechetas The Joys of Motherhood.

In the Novel, Nnu Ego is blamed for the misfortunes of her

parents

husband

siblings

children

15

According to the novel, Nnaife becomes frustrated when

his wife gives birth to female twins

he is recruited into the army

Oshiaju secures a scholarship to study abroad

he is arrested and charged for attempted murder

of his in-law

B
16

Adaku remains faithful to Nnafe until she

is rebuked by the Ibuza society for abusing Nnu

Ego

becomes rich and powerful

starts keeping unnecessary friends

is unable to give birth to a male child.

17

Questions 17 to 20 are based on George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four.

The Ministry of Love is concerned with

peace and freedom

torture and pain.

joy and peace

hatred and pain

18

The instruments of power and torture belong to

the thought police

individuals

the government

the party

19

The action in the novel is built around

Julia
Big Brother

Winston Smith

O Brien.

20

Winston Smith works in the Record Department of

the Ministry of

Peace

Plenty

Love

Truth

21
Questions 21 to 30 are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. of al (eds.): New Poetry

from Africa; Soynki, W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K E. acid 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 Secondary School Nwoga, D. I.

(ed.) West African Verse.

The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeotis Naked soles is

hyperbole

onomatopoeia

zeugma

oxymoron
B

22

Rubadins An African Thunderstorm can be described as

traditional

satirical

didactic

dramatic

23

Since it was you who in all these thin seasons. The device employed in the line above from

kunenes The Heritage Of Liberation, is an example of

anecdote

aside
apostrophe

allusion

24

Let me ask of what reason or rhyme Women refuse to marry?

Woman cannot exist except by man, What is there in that In vex some of them so? The lines above from Give Me The
Minstrels Seat is an example of

Ironical statement

Rhetorical question

pathetic fallacy

chiasmus

25
Time winged chariot The lines above from marvells To His coy Mistress depicts

the measurement of time

how fast events untold

how fast time flies

the usefulness of time

26

Lawrences Bat opens with the description of the

bats

scenery

scene

creatures

27
The theme of Eliots The Journey Of Magi is

nature

journey

quest for salvation

escape from persecution

28

Acquas In the Navel Of the Soul describes the

lack of experienced midwives in the society

excesses of the new generation churches and

significant

complications of motherhood and childbearing

conflict between the church and tradition

B
29

Listen they will tell you To beat drums in mere childrens play, The adult is to echoes

The lines above from Launkos End of the War, enhance the

language of the poem

use of imagery

rhyme scheme

rhythm of the poem

30

The language of Copes Sonnet VII is generally

poetic

difficult

complicated

simple
A

31

Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles.

A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is

flashback

foreshadowing

interlude

anti-climax

32

A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a

stanza in poetry

metre in poetry
trope in poetry

verse in poetry.

33

A fable is a brief narrative illustrating wisdom and

custom

truth

urgency

origin

34

A device used in poetry to achieve emphasis or stress a point is known as

assonance
repetition

alliteration

rhyme

35

A literary work that ridicules the shortcomings of people or ideas is

an irony

a fable

masque

a satire

36

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

metaphor

satire

irony

37

Action without speech in a play is

epilogue

mime

soliloquy

aside

38
A literary work that teaches moral is said to be

instructive

corrective

impressive

didactic

39

A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as

climax

tragic flaw

comic relief

terse

40
The speech made by a character to himself on stage is

aside

soliloquy

monologue

epilogue

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on LiteraryAppreciation.

Women as a clam, on the seas crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the seas Fluorescence, dance on the pulse
incessant. Wole Soyinka: Night The lines above suggest that women are Use the quotation below to

dogmatic

seers

magicians

covetous

D
42

answer questions 42

and 43 Busy old fool

Unruly sun Why dost thou thus

Through windows And through curtains Call on us?

J. Donne: The Sun Rising

The excerpt suggests

welcoming the sun

indictment of the sun

praise of nature

invitation to the sun.

B
43

The figure of speech involved in the lines is

epigram

pun

simile

personification

44
Use the quotation below to answer questions 44 and 45.

Will no one tell me what she sings perhaps the plaintive numbers flow for old, unhappy, far off things
And battles long ago. Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today? The lines show that the
persona

so hates the words of the girl

understands the girls song

does not understand the girls language

is so much in love with the girl.

45

The lines end in a literary device known as

irony

conceit

transferred epithet

rhetorical question

D
46

Oh incomprehensible God!

Shall my pilot be My inborn stars to that Final call to thee.

The literary device used in the first line is

burlesque

rhetoric question

passion

apostrophe

47

Busy old fool, unruly sun,

Why dost thou thus.

J. Donne: The Sun Rising

From the lines above, the poet sees the sun as

illumination after darkness

an unnecessary evil

a necessary evil

a light provider

48
Use the quotation below to answer questions 48 and 49.

The body perishes, the heart stays your The platter wears away with serving foo

No log retains its bark when old,

No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.

The theme of the poem is

non-peaceful nature of love

diminishing nature of love

permanence of love

decaying nature of wood

49
No lover peaceful while the rival weeps means that

the pain of one lover is felt by the other

there is no permanent love

there is true and permanent love

the two lovers weep together.

50

Will college make you a better Olokun priest? Will it make you serve our ancestors better?

Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-hearted priest of Olukun. Did I go to college?

Gracy Osifo: Dizzy Angel

The literary device used in the passage above is

onomatopoeia

metaphor

simile

parallelism
D

S/No

Exam/

Year

Subject

Question

Option A

Option B

Option C

Option D

2014

LITERATURE

Which Question Paper Type of Literature in English is given to you?

Type F

Type E
Type L

Type S

Questions 2 to 5 are based on Femi Osofisans

Women of Owu.

In the play, the gods are portrayed

saviours of mankind.

helpless

architects of mans destiny

amorous
A

Orisaye describes Balogun Kusa as

a good leader

a great warrior

an enemy and a butcher

a friend in need

Erelu is

the first wife of the Oba

the oldest wife of the Oba Akinjobi.

a courtier to the Alaafin of Oyo.

the most brilliant woman in Owu.

Balogun Kusa is killed by a

soldier

god

herbalist

lunatic

Questions 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeares The Tempest.

In the play, Ariel is identified as

assistant to Sycorax
leader to the spirit

Prosperos daughter

Alonsos wife.

Before the shipwreck that occurs at the beginning of the play, Prospero and his daughter have lived in the island for

eighteen months

two decades

twelve years

forty days

Calibans intention to rape Miranda is born out of the desire to

marry her

destroy the Island

compete with Ferdinand

populate the Island with Calibans

The character associated with savagery in the play is

Ferdinand

Ariel

Stephano

Caliban

10
Prospero is portrayed as a man who is

eager to conquer the world.

full of mistrust for everybody

more interested in studying than in governance

dependent on the spirits for his survival

11

Questions 11 to 13 are based on Asare Konadus A Woman in Her Prime.

The novel explores the theme of

child quest of an African woman

exploitation of the African woman.

sex discrimination in Ghana

women liberation in Nigeria

12
According to the novel, the worst calamity that can befall a woman is

barreness

inability to bear male children.

inability to marry

divorce

13

In the novel, Asogo is a game in which

mothers lure their babies to sleep.

fathers narrate animal stories

boys abuse girls with music

girls sing songs of praise and admonition

B
14

Questions 14 to 16 are based on

Chimamanda Adichies Purple Hibiscus

In the novel, one of the changes introduced into St. Agnes Church by Father Benedict is that

everyone must take holy communion

there must be fasting every month.

the Credo must be recited in Igbo

the Kyrie must be rendered only in Latin

15

Eugene Achike in the novel is portrayed as

a tough retired soldier

a soft and gentle husband

an uncompromising traditionalist
a fanatical Catholic adherent

16

In the Achike family, the character who is central to the theme is

Jaja

Kambili

Mama

Sisi

17

Questions 17 to 20 are based on Ernest Hemingways The Old Man and the Sea.

In the novel, the type of fish caught by Santiago

after days of effort is

geisha

shark

iris

marlin

18

The novel demonstrates the

struggle of man against defeat

attempt to catch fish

desire to understand life.

influence of the sea on man

19
In the novel, the attitude of the old man toward

nature is quite

warm and friendly

cautious and skeptical

hostile and callous

careless and indifferent

20

Santiagos second dream occurs

when he sleeps on the boat for a few hours.

the night before his fishing expedition

in his house

at the end of the book

21
Questions 21 to 30 are based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.) New Poetry from

Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa;

Senanu K. E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection

of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam

Focus: Literature in English; Ernubetine, A. E. et

al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. l.(ed): West African Verse

The dominant image in Adeotis Hard Lines is

tactile

auditory

gustatory
visual

22

The tone of Umehs Ambassadors of Poverty can be described as

panegyrical

metaphorical

sarcastic

admonitory

23

In Owonibis Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars

are concerned with their daily needs.

always worry about heaven

rarely sleep and dream

attend conferences in towns

24

Cheney-Cokers Myopia is a

ballad.

dirge

lament

sonnet

25

Jared Angira is an African Poet from

Ghana.
Sierra-Leone

Kenya

South Africa

26

The dominant technique used in Serenade is

apostrophe

metaphor

simile

oxymoron

27

The sun in Donnes The Sun Rising is depicted through the use of
apostrophe

invocation

ellipsis

enjambment

28

In Raleighs The Souls Errand, the soul is portrayed as a

messenger of hope and peace

friend of suffering masses

fearless message-bearer

restorer of lost glory

29
The allusion in Hughes The Negro Speaks of Rivers is mainly

literacy

biblical

historical

classical

30

Fletchers Upon An Honest Mans Fortune encourages people to

accept life as it is.

condemn soothsaying

move in the direction of God

accept soothsaying

31
Questions 31 to 40 are based on General Literary Principles

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

pyrrhic

props

pathos

parody

32

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

catharsis

catastrophe

epilogue

exposition

A
33

A device in drama where a character speaks alone is

soliloquy

aside

apostrophe

dialogue

34

A plot in a literary work is about

character delineation

causal arrangement of events.

resolution of conflicts.

law of poetic justice

B
35

Tone and mood of a poem refer to

locale

atmosphere

setting

space

36

A funny incident within a serious situation is

comedy

comic relief

tragicomedy

tragic hero
C

37

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

is undeveloped

undergoes changes

dies abruptly

achieves greatness

38

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

list of characters

order of appearance

cast list
protagonist and antagonist

39

The speech made at the end of a dramatic

performance is generally called

a prologue

an epilogue

a dirge

a monologue

40

Which of the following is central to narrative friction?

Verisimilitude
Dialogue

Objectivity

Subjectivity

41

Questions 41 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation

He put himself in uniform, made one for his five- year. old son, and marched with the infant from dawn till noon
every market day, on the main road singing Kayiwawa beturi...

The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

a soldier

abnormal

energetic

a policeman.

He is a faithful liar

B
42

The line above is an example of

euphemism

antithesis

epigram

oxymoron

43

Fights by the book of arithmetic

The figure of speech in the line above is

litotes

innuendo

hyperbole

euphemism
B

44

And when you trudge on one 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

sole of a pauper

sole of a soldier

policeman

madman

45

Lift not the painted veil which those who live call life: through unreal shapes be pictured there, And it but mimic all
we would believe With colours idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.P.B shelley: Sonnet The stanza above is an example of a
couplet

sestet

quatrain

sonnet

46

Use the following excerpt to answer questions 46 to 48.

I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall share with me this little bed, And awake me,

from my sweet dreams be lost, By sucking blood from my poor head... Mbure: To a Bed-Bug

The lines are an example of a

light verse

light opera

limerick

lampoon

A
47

The poet persona expresses dismay about

grasshoppers

bed-bugs

bat

cockroaches

48

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

personification

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

C
49

You Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits. Your ears are like the fans used for blowing fire.The lines above
are good example of

satire

lampoon

caricature

ridicule

50

This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said. I went to school only a little, but I have

killed many many more years in this world than you have.

G. Okara: The Voice It can be inferred from the passage above that the

listener is more experienced

speaker is more experienced

listener is wise

speaker is a porter