(Exam) SS 2 Literature in English (1st Term)
  • 1. A....... poem teaches moral
A) ballad
B) symbolic
C) didactic
D) empirical
  • 2. A sonnet consist of....... lines of poem
A) eight
B) two
C) six
D) fourteen
  • 3. A question which does not require an answer is......
A) rhetorical
B) flashback
C) ironic
D) discourse
  • 4. A writer choice of words is his......
A) diction
B) mood
C) tone
D) setting
  • 5. pick the odd item
A) simile
B) elegy
C) ode
D) ballad
  • 6. Drama is meant to.....
A) educate and entertain
B) teach manners only
C) be read and acted only
D) criticize
  • 7. ........ is a literary device used to express something unpleasant in a more acceptable manner
A) epilogue
B) euphemism
C) eulogy
D) epigram
  • 8. The poem "Not my business" was written by......
A) Afriyie Vidza
B) Niyi Osundare.
C) Wole Soyinka
D) Lenrie Peter
  • 9. The most exciting and tense part of a story is the......
A) epilogue
B) prologue
C) climax
D) exposition
  • 10. A literary work written in form of letter is.....
A) creative
B) romantic
C) tautological
D) epistolary
  • 11. A deliberate use of exaggeration for the purpose of humour/emphasis is......
A) hyperbole
B) metaphor
C) irony
D) personification
  • 12. The major features of play are.......
A) chapter and line
B) line and stanza
C) act and scene
D) paragraph and chapter
  • 13. In a story, the adversary of the protagonist is......
A) hero
B) antagonist
C) heroine
D) foil
  • 14. The principal female character in a novel is......
A) actress
B) villain
C) none of the above
D) heroine
  • 15. one of these is not among the themes in "Not my business" by Niyi Osundare
A) theme of tyranny
B) theme of loneliness
C) theme of oppression
D) theme of indifference
  • 16. "Night" is a poem written by......
A) Elizabeth L. A Kamara
B) J. P Clark
C) Wole Soyinka
D) John Donne
  • 17. one of the dominant figure of speech in "Not my business" by Niyi Osundare is
A) litotes
B) repetition
C) Irony
D) Euphemism
  • 18. Metaphysical poem are poems based on......
A) nature
B) life
C) things
D) hereafter
  • 19. ....... is a figure of speech that give life to inanimate object
A) irony
B) personification
C) litotes
D) assonance
  • 20. The overall mood conveyed in Wole Soyinka's poem "Night" can be accurately described as....
A) cheerful
B) agitated
C) aggressive
D) calm
  • 21. "Once upon a time" by Gabriel Okara is a.....
A) song
B) poem
C) essay
D) play
  • 22. ....... imitate echo sound
A) allusion
B) onomatopoeia
C) allegory
D) euphemism
  • 23. "Once upon a time" by Gabriel Okara is a conversation between
A) two brothers
B) grandmother and grandson
C) two adults
D) father and son
  • 24. Where is Gabriel Okara from?
A) Vietnam
B) Kenya
C) Nigeria
D) England
  • 25. Flashback is used in a novel to tell .....
A) the action in past
B) the futuristic action
C) the hidden actin
D) the immediate action
  • 26. ...... is the repetition of vowel sounds
A) alliteration
B) rhyme pattern
C) anthology
D) assonance
  • 27. A long and serious narrative about heroic character is a/an.....
A) epic
B) elegy
C) ballad
D) burlesque
  • 28. "He is like a bull when angry", contain which figure of speech
A) hyperbole
B) pun
C) simile
D) metaphor
  • 29. The following are the elements of Poetry except.....
A) diction
B) tone or mood
C) fiction
D) theme
  • 30. A published collection of poems by different poets is known as......
A) amalgam
B) poetry
C) edit
D) anthology
  • 31. A statement containing two opposite ideas that makes it seem impossible or unlikely although it is probably true is a
A) metaphor
B) irony
C) paradox
D) pun
  • 32. pick the odd item, in relation to drama
A) character
B) episode
C) stanza
D) plot
  • 33. 'I have just finished reading Wole Soyinka' is an example of....
A) hyperbole
B) synecdoche
C) metonymy
D) personification
  • 34. A play written for stage act is known as......
A) drama
B) play let
C) act
D) scene
  • 35. one can tell poetry from prose by......
A) characterization
B) plot
C) setting
D) condensed language
  • 36. The most intense part of a literary work is also called......
A) climax
B) epic
C) peak
D) resolution
  • 37. A soothing song to send a baby to sleep is called.......
A) lullaby
B) alibi
C) doxology
D) nanny opera
  • 38. A sonnet may be divided into an octave and a........
A) sestet
B) quatrain
C) couplet
D) tercet
  • 39. poetry is defined by
A) plot and setting
B) suspense
C) using of figures of speech
D) evocation of feelings and imagination
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