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