2021 Literature in English
- The repetition of a consonant sound in quick succession of sound effect is
- A. Alliteration
- B. Pun
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. Assonance
- A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is
- A. Episodic
- B. Simple
- C. Linear
- D. Convoluted
- A technique by which a previous scene or action can be recalled in a play to shed light on the present action is
- A. Climax
- B. Flashback
- C. Interlude
- D. Cathersis
- Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to
- A. Find faults in a literary work
- B. Analyze and evaluate a literary work
- C. compare and contrast novels
- D. Discover the beauty of a literary work.
- A situation where an actor addresses the audience without the other actors hearing him is called
- A. Soliloquy
- B. Chorus
- C. Aside
- D. Solo
- A band of singers and dancers in drama who acts as a link between the play and the audience is the
- A. Chorus
- B. Clown
- C. Playwright
- D. Cast
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the
- A. central character in a play
- B. voice of the character
- C. the image a character presents
- D. the personality of a character
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The three main unities in drama are those of
- A. action, time and place
- B. time, space and action
- C. place, time and space
- D. space, action and time
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called
- A. short verses
- B. rhythmic verses
- C. free verses
- D. irregular verses
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that mourns for the
- A. deceased
- B. bereaved
- C. accused
- D. king
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of
- A. irony
- B. paradox
- C. contrast
- D. parallelism
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
‘If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’ Shelly, ‘Ode to the West Wind’. The literary device used here is
- A. an apostrophe
- B. an allegory
- C. a poetic license
- D. a rhetoric
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A melodramatic play is based on
- A. a melodious manipulation of events
- B. ingredients that mellow down events
- C. sensational plot and characters
- D. the playwright’s didactic overtones
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Romantic poetry emphasizes
- A. the beauty of nature
- B. intimate relationships
- C. the love in human nature
- D. the romance in human aspiration
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as
- A. an anagnorisis
- B. a tragic flaw
- C. a catharsis
- D. a catastrophe
- This question is based on General Literary Principles.
‘The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, ‘Oculi, Orphan’. These lines illustrate the use of
- A. sadism
- B. sophism
- C. satire
- D. euphemism
- This question is based on Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.
In the play, social change is achieved through
- A. collectivism
- B. sectionalism
- C. individualism
- D. communism
- This question is based on Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.
Titubi joins the farmer’s revolt
- A. to ensure it’s success
- B. as a spy for the establishment
- C. in pursuit of Marshal
- D. to defy the police
- This question is based on Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.
The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as
- A. dramatic epilogue
- B. dramatic monologue
- C. role-playing
- D. flashback
- This question is based on Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun.
The stage direction at the end of the play reveals
- A. the actors in a changing room
- B. Mama Kayode raising the song of hope
- C. Moremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight
- D. the Director making a farewell speech
- This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
‘She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair’ The statement above characterizes
- A. Maria
- B. Olivia
- C. Roderigo
- D. Viola
- This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by
- A. the idea of love
- B. the food of love
- C. music
- D. entertainment
- This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
DUKE:… Thou know’st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped?
- A. The book of his relationship with Olivia
- B. The secret of his soul
- C. The details of his relationship with Viola
- D. The details of his relationship with Olivia
- This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
‘I’ll do my best
To woo your lady.’
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?
- A. That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
- B. That her best is good enough to win affection
- C. That she herself becomes the beloved
- D. That she herself wins the love
- This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life’s
- A. fragility
- B. pleasure
- C. comedy
- D. romance
- This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
- A. Love at first sight
- B. Unrequited love
- C. Illusion and reality
- D. Humor and Tragedy
- This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses to Tears.
In the novel, Al-Amin’s initial reservations about his daughter’s engagement to Lahab are dormed by
- A. a premonition of his death
- B. Lahab’s doubtful morality
- C. Hussaina’s immaturity
- D. his fear of loneliness
- This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses to Tears.
The witnesses to the tears in the novel are
- A. Saahir and Lahab
- B. Lahab and Hussaina
- C. Lahab and Sagiir
- D. Al-Amin and Hussaina
- This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses to Tears.
The novel is largely set in
- A. Futa Toro
- B. Sabonville city
- C. Alligator city
- D. Nuclear city
- This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to
- A. spur them to action
- B. entertain them
- C. display his ability to sing
- D. teach them how to sing an anthem
- This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
The execution of some of the animals on the orders of Napoleon is to
- A. prevent snowball from coming back to the farm
- B. make the pigs constitute themselves into special classes
- C. achieve the pigs socialite goal
- This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
The message of the novel is that
- A. capitalism is as bad as communism
- B. humanism is better than animalism
- C. communism is better than capitalism
- D. no society exists where everyone is equal
- This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of
- A. Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
- B. Jesse, Napoleon and Bluebell
- C. Boxer, Old Major and Napoleon
- D. Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
- This question is based on J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt.
Characterization in the play is
- A. economical but effecive
- B. economical and effective
- C. elaborate but ineffective
- D. elaborate and effective
- This question is based on J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt.
The play is pre occupied with
- A. the fight by women to keep their goats
- B. the evil that oil money breeds
- C. women liberation from males domination
- D. Women’s protest against men’s wickedness
- This question is based on J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt.
The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is
- A. take prostitution
- B. carry out the nude act
- C. abandon their husbands
- D. abandon their children
- In Angira’s Expelled, the poet persona laments the
- A. Loss of his property
- B. Harrowing experiences from the stranger’s visit
- C. presence of the strangers
- D. Problem of his family and their economic implications
- Fletcher’s Upon An Honest Man’s Fortune achieves its lyrical effect through the use of
- A. Synecdoche
- B. Antithesis
- C. enjambment
- D. Ballad
- Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh’s The Soul’s Errand through the use of
- A. Metaphor
- B. Alliteration
- C. repetition
- D. Antithesis