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