LITERATURE IN ENGLISH MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS FOR SS3

SS3 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS –EDUDELIGHT.COM

MOCK EXAMINATION                                     

 Examination malpractices may lead to a repeat of the subject or suspensions don’t be involved.

SUBJECT:             LIT-IN-ENGLISH            TIME ALLOWED: 2HRS        

CLASS:  S.S 3

SECTION A:  Answer all the questions in this section.

PART 1 (PAPER 1 AND 2)

GENERAL QUESTIONS ON LITERARY APPRECIATION

1.            A better remark intended to wound the feelings is

A.            A satire.               B. an illusion       C. a sarcasm       D. an ambiguity.

2.            ‘’She waited for him for a thousand years’ illustrates

A.            Euphemism. B. hyperbole.          C.assonance       D. ellipsis

3.            A literary device which expresses meaning in its direct opposite

A.            Metaphor           B. paradox.         C. parody             D. irony.

4.            ‘’They also serve who only stand and wait’’illustrates

A.            An epigram         B. a synecdoche C. a simile          D. an antithesis.

5.            Pick the odd item out of the options listed below.

A.            Verse    B. Stanza              C. Rhythm           D. Dialogue

6.            In drama, ‘denouement’ is the same as

A.            Resolution          B. climax              C. anti-climax.    D. conflict.

7.            Which of the following is NOT true of a ballard?

A.            Which were originally sung.        

B.            They are mostly part of oral tradition

C.            They tell a popular story.

D.            They are written in iambic metre.

Read the extract and answer Question 8-12

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky;

So was it when my life began,

So as it now that I am a man,

So be it when I shall grow,

The child is father of the man.

8.            The mood of the poem is that of

A.            Sorrow B. elation             C. anxiety            D. sarcasm

9.            The rhyme scheme of the poem is

A.            ab ac ac.               B. ac bc ca.          C. ab ca cc            D. ab ac bc

10.          The subject of the extract is

A.            Childishness.      B. the adverse effects of the rainbow on man    C. the unchanging cycle of nature             D. the adverse effects of old age

11.          The literary device used in line 1 is

A.            Simile    B. alliteration     C. litotes              D. personification

12.          The literary device used in line 6 is an example of

A.            Synecdoche       B. irony                 C. paradox          D. hyperbole.

13.          ‘’Forty hands descended on the devilish head’’ illustrates

A.            Epigram                B. synecdoche                   C. metonymy     D. allegory.

14.          Pick the odd item out of the options listed below:

A.            Sonnet B. epic                   C. allusion            D. ode

15.          A deliberate violation of the rules of versification constitutes

A.            Imperfect rhyme             B. poetic license               C. verbal irony   D. comic relief

16.          A praise poem is  

A.            A dirge  B. an epic             C. a ball D. an ode

17.          Lines of regular recurrence in a poem constitutes

A.            An alliteration    B. a refrain          C. an assonance   D. a theme

18.          An individual who acts, appears or is referred to as playing a part in a literary work is a

A.            Villain    B. character        C. clown               D. narrator

19.          A regular group of lines in poetry constitutes.

A.            Stanza   B. rhythm            C. verse         D. metre

20.          ‘’A black beautiful brilliant bride’’ is an example of

A.            Alliteration          B. assonance      C. onomatopoeia             D. pun.

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 21 TO 25.

                Jame’s heart beat madly as he and Alice approach the beeping metal detector at the entrance. The oblivious swinging door hugged the couple with inviting, outstretched arms and ushered them into the lobby in genial welcome. The receptionist asked James to surrender any valuable items he had; if they got lost, management would be liable.

                James looked at Alice, his wife returned his guiltstriken, dubious look with an innocent, trusting smile. What would he do if jewels went missing? How would he explain it to himself? What would he have gained by his mischief? What had come over James so shamelessly to decide to rob his own wife? The swindled woman stood innocently beside her unrepentant husband as he took the key to their room with hands that shook slightly.

21.          The expression door hugged the couple illustrates (a) euphemism           (b) personification           (c) litotes                (d) onomatopoeia

22.          The narrative technique is (a) first person            (b) stream of consciousness       (c) third person                 (d) interior monologue.

23.          How would he explain it to himself? Exemplifies (a) hyperbole   (b) parallelism   (c) rhetorical question (d) understatement.

24.          The writer’s attitude towards James is one of (a) sympathy         (b) distrust          (c) support          (d) disapproval.

25.          The setting is (a) the couple’s home        (b) a modern hotel          (c) the airport    (d) a school.

Read the poems and answer questions 26 to 30

                           Poison ivy came up like a rose

                                    In red and thorny garb

                        I look, liked and did dare touch.

                          My pals my avid touch espied

                                With green and frosty eyes

                       I should’ve only looked, and not leapt,

                For away and over my rising moon she flew

                        On clipped wings of my dream

                Now a song-filled air pocket of serenades.

                A love’s wretch, my dream is a hornbill

                                    Fightless and tottering.

                My dreams remains a dream still

                Now my dream is a locked-up serenade.

26.          The mood of the persona is one of (a) contempt    (b) hilarity           (c) despondency              (d) hopefulness.

27.          The theme of the poem is (a) love in the garden   (b) the acceptance          (c) the rising moon                (d) unrequited love.

28.          The envy of the persona’s friends is expressed in the (a) avid touch        (b) clipped wings              (c) green and frosty eyes         (d) song-filled air pocket.

29.          Line 2 is in iambic (a) trimether  (b) tetrameter  (c) pentameter                 (d) hexameter.

30.          The last line illustrates (a) parallelism      (b) contrast        (c)hyperbole      (d) metaphor.

SECTION B

Answer all the questions in this section.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello

Read the extract and answer questions 31 – 35.

So opposite to marriage that she shunned

The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation.

Would ever have, t’incur a general mock,

Run from he guardage to the sooty bossom

Of such a thing as thou – to fear, not to delight?

                                  (Act I, Scene Two, lines 66 – 70)

31.          The speaker is  (a) Othello           (b) Duke              (c) Brabantio      (d) Lago.

32.          The speaker is addressing (a) Cassio        (b) Brabantio     (c) Roderigo       (d) Othello.

33.          “Sooty bossom” is a metaphor for (a) a black goat            (b) Othello          (c) a breastplate               (d) Lago

34.          “Run from her guardage” refers to (a) Emilia       (b) Desdemona                (c) Bianca             (d) Cassio’s mistress.

35.          The setting is (a) another street outside the Sagittary     (b) A chancil chamber    (c) A seaport in Cyprus  (d) The Citadel.

Read the extract and answer questions 36 – 40.

For when my outward action doth demonstrate

The native act and fingure of my heart.

In complement extern, its not long after

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve

For daws to peck at;

                ( Act I, Scene Two, lines 58 – 62)

36.          The speakers is (a) Brabantio      (b) Cassio            (c) Gratiano        (d) Lago.

37.          The addressee is (a) Othello       (b) Duke              (c) Roderigo       (d) Montano.

38.          What has happened to the speaker? (a) He has been fined         (b) He has fallen out of favour   (c) He has been denied promotion               (d) He has lost his job.

39.          The underlined expression shows that the speakers is (a) Jovial                               (b) Insincere      (c) Polite                (d) Unfriendly.

40.          The setting is (a) a street in Venice          (b) a street in Cyprus      (c) outside the citadel    (d) a court before the citadel.

Read the extract and answer questions 41 – 45.

Othellio:               Why, how now, ho? From whence ariseth this?

                                Are we turned Turks, and to ourselves do that

                                Which heaven hath forbid the Ottomites?

                                For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawil!

                                He that stir next to carve for his own rage

                                Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.

                                Silence that dreadful bell. It frights the isle

                                From her propriety. What is the matter, masters?

                                Honest lago, that looks dead with grieving,

                                Speak. Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee.

Lago:                     I do not know.

                (Act II, Scene Three, lines 155 – 165)

41.          Othello is brought to the scene because (a) lago is drunk              (b) a bell has been rung                (c) people are fighting         (d) Cassio has stabbed Montano.

42.          The underlined expression refers to the (a) intervention of the storm in the war              (b) return of the victorious army to Cyprus  (c)killing of Roderigo by lago  (d) stabbing of Montano by Cassio

43.          In “Who began this” this refers to the (a) theft  (b) war (c) bell  (d) brawl.

44.          To Othello, lago is (a) sincere      (b) a negligent guard      (c) untrustworthy            (d) a loyal senator.

45.          The major consequence of the brawl is that (a) Montano is killed              (b) Roderigo demands his money back       (c) Cassio is dismissed as Othello’s lieutenant     (d) lago is given charge of the city.

Read the extract and answer questions 46 – 50.

Speaker:              I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest,

                                Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other,

                                Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom.

                                If any wretch have put this in your head,

                                Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse,

                                For if she be not honest, chaste, and true,

                                There’s no man happy. The purest of their wives

                                Is foul as slander.

                (Act IV, Scene Two, lines 12 – 19)

46.          The speaker is (a) Lago  (b) Desdemona (c) Cassio             (d) Emilia.

47.          The speaker is addressing (a) Othello     (b) Montano      (c) Duke               (d) Roderigo.

48.          The speech is in response to (a) the allegation that the speaker has lied about Desdemona          (b) lago’s disdain for Othello   (c)  Othello’s suspicion that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers            (d) Brabantio’s rejection of his daughter.

49.          The line remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom is best paraphrased    (a) You are not wise        (b) Do not kill yourself.  (c) You are ungrateful.          (d) You demean yourself by thinking so

50.          The character being spoken of is described as (a) unhappy           (b) virtuous        (c) generous      (d) wretched.

SS3 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS –EDUDELIGHT.COM

THEORY

                NOVEL

                                AMMA DARKO: Faceless

1.            Examine the significance of Fofo’s visit to Odarley in the novel.

2.            Consider Baby ‘T’ as a victim of social injustice.  

BAYO ADEBOWALE: Lonely Days

3.            How Is Ajumobi portrayed in the novel?

4.            Comment on the attitude of the people of Kufi towards superstition.  

RICHARD WRIGHT: Native son

5.            Examine Mrs. Dalton’s blindness as a metaphor for race relations in the novel. 

6.            Comment on the use of irony in the novel.

HORACE WALPOLE: The Castle of Otranto

7.            Justly the view that the novel presents a struggle between good and evil.

8.            To what extent can we say that Manfred’s downfall is caused by his lust for power?

PAPER 3 THEORY

POETRY AND DRAMA

SECTION A: AFRICAN DRAMA

                Answer one question only from this section.

                Dele Charley: The Blood of a stranger 

9.            Consider the view that the play exposes the colonialist exploitation of Africa.

10.          Examine the role of kindo as a warlord in the play.                                          

 Frank Ogodo Ogeche: Harvest of corruption

11.          Comment on Aloho as a victim of circumstance in the play.

12.          Discuss the role of Chief Maladu Ade – Amaka in the play.

SECTION B: NON – AFRICAN DRAMA

                Anwer one question only from this section.

                Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun

13.          What impression do you form of Mama’s character in the play?

14.          Consider the importance of the check in the play.

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops to Conquer

15.          Examine the use of dramatic irony in the play.

16.          Assess the character of Mrs. Hardcastle in the play.

SECTION C: AFRICAN POETRY

                Answer one question only from this section.

17.          Discuss the clash of cultures of Okara’s “Piano and Drum”.

18.          Examine the persona’s view of ageing in “The Piano of growing Older”.

SECTION D: NON – AFRICAN POETRY

                Answer one question only from this section.

19.          Comment on the poet’s attitude to nature in Frost’s “Birches”.

20.          Examine the theme of beauty in the poem “Shall I compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”.

SS3 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS –EDUDELIGHT.COM