(Exam) SS 1 Literature in English (1st Term)
  • 1. Literature is a creative and..... work of art
A) optional
B) imaginative
C) compulsory
D) comprehensive
  • 2. There are...... genres of literature
A) 5
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
  • 3. literary appreciation means analysis, criticism and understanding of......
A) literature
B) geography
C) poem
D) prose
  • 4. prose is written in......
A) acts and scenes
B) lines
C) stanzas
D) chapters
  • 5. ....... refer to the general idea in a story
A) background
B) setting
C) plot
D) theme
  • 6. A novel written inform of a letter is known as......
A) campus
B) epistolary
C) gothic
D) historic
  • 7. The sequential arrangement of events in a story is........
A) subject matter
B) theme
C) plot
D) tone
  • 8. A written account of another person's life is.....
A) pirate
B) biography
C) autobiography
D) reporter
  • 9. A true life story is.....
A) creative
B) imagery
C) non-fiction
D) fiction
  • 10. ...... refer to the emotion and condition in a story
A) tone
B) mood
C) symbol
D) atmosphere
  • 11. stanza is to poem as....... is to prose
A) line
B) act
C) scene
D) chapter
  • 12. The writer of a poem is......
A) dramatist
B) poet
C) author
D) prosaist
  • 13. She is dirty as a pig is an example of.....
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) litotes
D) simile
  • 14. The writer of a novel is......
A) fable
B) poetess
C) novelist
D) agonist
  • 15. Two rhyming lines in a poem is......
A) septet
B) tercet
C) quatrain
D) couplet
  • 16. A piece of writing which teaches morals is.......
A) didactic
B) playful
C) serious
D) analytical
  • 17. Enjambment refers to......
A) run-on-lines
B) educationist
C) symbol
D) prologue
  • 18. A female counterpart that writes a poem is......
A) historian
B) folklore
C) poetess
D) orator
  • 19. All the following are features of prose except
A) narrative technique
B) paragraph
C) idioms and proverbs
D) melody
  • 20. The location of a story is.....
A) setting
B) plot
C) theme
D) title
  • 21. A story passed on by word of mouth is.....
A) folktales
B) romance
C) short story
D) novel
  • 22. An imaginative story is also called......
A) fable
B) fiction
C) folklore
D) non-fiction
  • 23. A story in which animals are used as characters is called ........
A) folktale
B) didactic
C) allegory
D) fable
  • 24. Fiction is derived from the Latin word "facio" meaning......
A) I saw
B) I make
C) interesting
D) they came
  • 25. one of these is not among the genres of literature
A) satire
B) prose
C) drama
D) poetry
  • 26. A four rhyming lines of a poem is......
A) tercet
B) septet
C) quatrain
D) sonnet
  • 27. A poem that makes fun of vices and folies in the society is......
A) criticism
B) parody
C) satire
D) lampoon
  • 28. A long poem about the heroic deeds of people is.......
A) ode
B) epic
C) lullaby
D) chant
  • 29. Drama is written in.......
A) paragraphs
B) acts and scenes
C) chapters
D) stanzas
  • 30. One of these is not a type of novel
A) allegory novel
B) gothic novel
C) campus novel
D) historic novel
  • 31. Pick out the odd item, in relation to drama
A) character
B) plot
C) episode
D) stanza
  • 32. A female protagonist in a literary work is known as
A) Chief character
B) feminine antagonist
C) heroine
D) maverick
  • 33. The main idea of a writing or speech is to called
A) topic
B) focus
C) theme
D) introduction
  • 34. A play that is intended to be funny and usually with a happy ending is known as
A) farce
B) tragedy
C) aside
D) comedy
  • 35. For maximum effect a play is acted and a poem is......
A) read aloud
B) taught
C) mimed
D) danced
  • 36. A playwright who writes exclusively for the stage is known as......
A) a stage writer
B) Wole Soyinka
C) stage man
D) a dramatist
  • 37. The aim of a satire is......
A) criticism
B) abuse
C) stigmatization
D) reformation
  • 38. The difference between a novel and a short story is.......
A) plot
B) setting
C) style
D) length
  • 39. The classification of literary works according to type is called........
A) toning
B) grouping
C) placement
D) genre
  • 40. one of the following relates most to comedy
A) laughter
B) suspense
C) anxiety
D) horror
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