AIC SS 2 Literature in English Revision Test 2nd Term
  • 1. Morality, love and attachment are ......... in Senghor's 'Black Woman'.
A) rhymes
B) themes
C) symbols
D) literary devices
  • 2. What is the central theme of Leopold Senghor's poem 'Black Woman'.
A) the weakness of black woman in the face of adversity
B) the remembrance of forgotten African heroes
C) the beauty of African landscape
D) The celebration of cultural heritage and African identity
  • 3. All the following are the examples of auditory imagery in 'Black Woman' except
A) carved tom tom, taut tom tom
B) solemn contralto voice
C) I sing your beauty
D) my promised land
  • 4. What is the dominant tone of 'Black Woman'
A) confident and arrogant
B) playful and lighthearted
C) worshipful and dismissive
D) proud and admiring
  • 5. How does Senghor use vivid imagery to depict the beauty of black woman?
A) by contrasting their beauty with that of woman from another culture
B) by describing their physical features in explicit detail
C) by revealing their past achievements
D) by comparing them to natural elements and symbols of African culture
  • 6. 'Many years on Wheels' The reference to 'wheels' exemplifies the use of .......... in the poem 'Government Driver on His own Retirement by Chibuike Onu
A) synecdoche
B) metonymy
C) personification
D) climax
  • 7. The poem 'caged bird was written by ........
A) John Donne
B) Chibuike Onu
C) Leopold Senghor
D) Maya Angelou
  • 8. Which of the following is not a theme in the poem 'Grieved Land of Africa'
A) The power of time
B) joy of retirement
C) The oppression of woman
D) The importance of song
  • 9. The poem 'Black Woman' has its setting in which ..........
A) Africa
B) Nairobi
C) England
D) Europe
  • 10. Enjambment is also called ...........
A) continuation
B) symbolism
C) run - on - lines
D) rhetorical question
  • 11. A literary device that creates a mental picture of a situation is ..........
A) flashback
B) symbolism
C) imagery
D) epilogue
  • 12. A couplet is formed by ....................
A) two rhyming lines of Poetry
B) five alternate rhyming lines
C) four rhyming lines of Poetry
D) five rhyming lines of Poetry
  • 13. The major theme in the poem 'Black Woman is ............
A) Blackness as a subject of beauty
B) Rejection of European
C) Racism
D) African land
  • 14. The feelings and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by .........
A) theme
B) setting
C) tone
D) plot
  • 15. A writer's choice of words is his ...........
A) mood
B) tone
C) setting
D) diction
  • 16. The dominant attitude T. S. Eliot's Journey of the magi's is
A) disgust
B) pessimism
C) dissatisfaction
D) ambivalence
  • 17. Who wrote 'The Grieved Lands of Africa'?
A) Omar Farouk Sesay
B) John Donne
C) Niyi Osundare
D) Agustino Neto
  • 18. In which of these poems were Africans made to suffer from 'the tearful woes of ancient and modern slave'?
A) Black Woman
B) A Taxi Driver on His own Retirement
C) The Grieved Lands of Africa
D) None of the above
  • 19. Of all these, which poem has its subject matter as 'celebration and danger of drink-and - drive culture'?
A) The Song of the Woman of my Land and
B) None of the above
C) The Good Morrow
D) A Government Driver on His own Retirement
  • 20. Which poem is evidently set in post - colonial African country where government becomes me the major source of employment?
A) Government Driver on His own Retirement
B) A and B
C) Neither A nor B
D) Raider of the Treasure Trove
  • 21. One of these is not among the themes of 'Caged Bird'
A) limitation
B) music as a channel for emotional discharge, action and freedom
C) growth and maturity
D) live is evil
  • 22. .............. is a poem set in twentieth American century
A) Binsey Poplars
B) Bat
C) Caged bird
D) Good Morrow
  • 23. The dominant figure of speech here is : 'tyranny of time' is ...........
A) simile
B) pun
C) alliteration
D) bathos
  • 24. One of these is not a theme in 'Grieved Lands of Africa'
A) Hope in adversity
B) The problem of leadership in Africa
C) Slavery :ancient and modern
D) Africa as land of grieve
  • 25. Which animal is usually featured in African folktales as a symbol of cunning
A) Rabbit
B) Lion
C) Tortoise
D) Elephant
  • 26. What is the feature of African folktales?
A) Modern city life
B) Technology
C) Animal characters
D) Outer space
  • 27. The following relates most to comedy
A) anxiety
B) horror
C) laughter
D) suspense
  • 28. The most intense part of a literary work is also called
A) peak
B) resolution
C) climax
D) epic
  • 29. The classification of literary works according to type is called ...........
A) genre
B) group
C) toning
D) placement
  • 30. The aim of satire is ................
A) reformation
B) abuse
C) stigmatization
D) criticism
  • 31. A type of literature that describes imaginary people and events ......
A) . pastoral
B) fiction
C) imagery
D) epic
  • 32. In the stage act of a play, the following is absent .........
A) setting
B) plot
C) direction
D) preface
  • 33. A playwright who writes exclusively for the stage is known as ..........
A) a dramatist
B) Wole Soyinka
C) stage man
D) a stage writer
  • 34. for maximum effect a play is acted and a poem is ..........
A) taught
B) mimed
C) danced
D) read aloud
  • 35. Through which means are African folktales usually passed from one generation to another
A) They are broadcasted on radio and television
B) They are performed as plays in threater
C) They are passed down through generations by word of mouth
D) They are only written and never spoken
  • 36. Which of the following is not a lesson that can be learnt from African folktales
A) The benefits of technology and modernization
B) The importance of bravery and courage
C) The value of hard work and preserverance
  • 37. Poetry is defined by ...........
A) preponderance of figures of speech
B) plot and setting
C) evocation of feeling and imagination
D) suspence
  • 38. A type of poem which tells a story in the form of a song is a (an)
A) ballad
B) ode
C) elegy
D) dirge
  • 39. The odd item here is ..........
A) tragedy
B) epigram
C) pantomime
D) burlesque
  • 40. In African folktales, animals are usually portrayed in the various ways except
A) wise and helpful
B) aggressive and dangerous
C) cunning and deceitful
D) Animals are never portrayed in African
  • 41. one of these best describes a folktales
A) A story with magical elements
B) A story written by a famous African author
C) A story set in Africa
D) A story passed down verbally from one generation to another teaching morals and cultural beliefs
  • 42. A play written for stage act is known as ...........
A) scene
B) act
C) playlet
D) drama
  • 43. Setting is used in a play to create atmosphere or .........
A) mood
B) beauty
C) structure
D) scenery
  • 44. Traditional poetry usually comes from ......
A) songs
B) dances
C) pantomimes
D) mimes
  • 45. A personal account of one's own life in a book is known as
A) anaphora
B) autobiography
C) personification
D) narration
  • 46. A female protagonist in a literary work is known as........
A) feminine antagonist
B) maverick
C) heroine
D) Chief character
  • 47. The summary towards the end of a play is known as
A) soliloquy
B) prologue
C) epilogue
D) closing remarks
  • 48. Poetry without a regular rhythm or rhyme is a good called ...........
A) run - on
B) iambic
C) blank verse
D) free verse
  • 49. Turning or expression a piece of writing in verse form is a called
A) verification
B) rhyming scheme
C) rhythm formation
D) stanzas
  • 50. A published collection of poems by different poets is known as
A) edit
B) poetry
C) anthology
D) amalgam
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