LITERATURE IN ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS SS1 SECOND TERM

SECOND TERM SS1 LIT IN ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

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 SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH            DURATION: 2HRS              CLASS: SSS 1

Questions1 to 30 are based on General Literary Principle.

1.         What is the major device deployed in the following remark: ‘At the fall of the house they             lived in, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-rings’?

            A.    metaphor          B.    oxymoron         C.         bathos              D.         simile

2.         What is the dominant device exemplified in this sentence: ‘I came, I saw but was             conquered’? A.    allusion             B.    blank verse       C.        free verse         D.        illusion

3.         A deliberate understatement in which one uses the negative in order to express the             opposite of what is meant is:          A.     anti-thesis        B.     litotes               C.        hyperbole         D.        apostrophe

4.         The expression of the exact opposite of what one means or has in mind even though the             words are not supposed to be taken at face value is:

            A.     sarcasm            B.    euphemism       C.         irony                D.        metonymy

5.         What figure of speech is prominent in ‘The US is making use of many Nigerian scientific             brains in her technological programmes’?  A.synecdoche  B.     metonymy   C.  metaphor    D.    oxymoron

6.         To derive the meaning of a word through its sound is referred to as:

            A.    phonetics          B.    phoneme           C.        oxymoron        D.        onomatopoeia

7.         When two words opposite in meaning stand shoulder to shoulder in a remark, a figure of             speech known as……has been used.   A.               enjambment      B.oxymoron     C.  melodrama       D.  hyperbole

8.         ‘Jolliba stood in the middle of the road, unafraid of the surging traffic, as if he was no             longer alive.’ The major literary device in the preceding sentence is:

            A.    synaesthesia     B.     innuendo          C.         syncopation      D.         simile

9.         In the remark, ‘The child is the father of the man’, the user deploys……?

            A.    paradox            B.     oxymoron         C.        pun                  D.        onomatopoeia

10.        The sunshine of her smile left me restless for days.’ What is the most outstanding literary             device deployed in the sentence?

            A.        personification  B.     metaphor         C.         metonymy        D.        apostrophe

11.  An insincere literary work is known a A. parodyB.  paradox C. satire D. pathos.

12.  A novel which depicts the adventures of the main character who is usually something of a rogue is a A. comedy B. fable C. prose D. picaresque.

13.   ‘Now I fear disturbance of the quiet season Winter shall come bringing death from the sea Ruinous spring shall beat at our doorsRoot and shoot shall eat our eyes and our tears’ The dramatic technique employed in this passage is A anti-climax B. foreshadowing C. flashback D. irony.

14.  A creative process in which abstract entities such as virtues and vices are ‘used with intended double meaning is called A. tragedy B. fallacy C. allegory D. farce.

15.  In literature, a round character is associated withA.  change and growth B. stability and determinationC.  simplicity ad modesty D. running down other characters.

16.  The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called A. denouement B. climax C. endnote  D. deus ex machina.

17. When words or phrases in either poetry or prose rise and fall measuredly, it is said that they A. have a regular rhythm B. rhyme C. are accented and unaccented D. are well structured.

18.  The ode and the elegy are examples of  A. sonnetB.  lyrical poetry   C. narrative poetry  

D. blank verse.

19.  A play that tells a single story, has one setting and takes place within a specified period is said to  A. be heavily moralistic   B. be clearly cohesive   C. possess the unities D. have tragic elements.

20.   ‘With beaded bubbles winking at the brim. And purple-stained mouth,

John Keats, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’

The above lines are an example of A. tautology B. comic relief   C. euphemism   D. consonance.

21 . In which of the following genres is the term ‘soliloquy generally used? A/Novel B. Drama C. Epic D Poetry.

22.  Blank verse A. is nonsensical verse B. consists of unrhymed fivelines of iamb C. is verse used by the nobility D.  consists of rhyme in the second and fourth line.

23.   A burlesque is   A. an exaggerated mockery of a literary work B. a sentimental comedy C. an account  of a famous person’s life   D. a rhetorical device used for effect in poetry

24.   The dum, dum of the drum’s is a good example of A.  assonance B. onomatopoeia C. metaphor D simile

25.   One major narrative technique a novel shares with drama is    A. scenes     B. dialogue    

C. soliloquy D. sarcasm

26.   A speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called A. a prologue  B. an epilogue   C a dirge          D. a monologue

27.   Assonance occurs when A. a character speaks eloquently in a play B. similar vowel sounds are repeated in a sentence or line of poetry C. consonants are repeated at the beginning of ‘words D. words rhyme alternately.

28.   A stanza of three lines linked by rhyme is generally called a   A. couplet   B. ballad   C. tercet    D quatrain

29.   A motif is A. a recurrent image in a work of literature B. the reason behind a character’s behaviour C a single matrical line D. an essay or treatise on a particular subject

30. In what type of play would the playwright introduce a comic to relieve tension already built up?   A. Farce B. Comedy    C. Opera    D. Tragedy

Questions 31 to 50 are based on Literary Appreciation.

             ‘Still stand stubborn

To stones that strangle the dawn, still stand stubborn

To stones that maim the morn,

still stand stubborn

To stones that assail the sun¹

            AtukweiOkai, ‘Sunset Sonata’

31. The dominant literary device employed in the above passage is A. onomatopoeia B. repetition

      C. metonymy D. alliteration.

             ‘On the lower deck in the babel of two hundred Voices he would forget himself,

 and beforehand live in his mind the sealife of light literature.’

Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

32. The character in the above passage is A. talking B. sleeping C. reading a literature book D. day-dreaming.

            The eyes of the house dog sprawled between my legs followed, full of envy, piece after piece of

            fish down the throat of his master, my host.’

Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy

33. The dog in the passage A. followed his master about B. ran after his master’s fish C. caught the fish between the legs D. watched as his master ate the fish.

 ‘My first interview with the manager was curious … He was commonplace in complexion, in feature, in manner and in voice. He was of middle size and of ordinary build. His eyes, of the usual blue were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe’. Joseph Conrad, Hear of Darkness

34.  In the passage above, the manager is described as being A. determined B. warm C. sociable D. hostile.

To stop himself from cutting off the sound in anger the man turned and just watched the fan, only just then another feeble, useless movement would happen and the blades would be drawn through another arc. Only a long hour later did the noise finally stop – 4:30 PM.¹

A.  K. Armah. The Beautifyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.

35. In this passage, the writer    A. creates a mood of suspense

B. enhances an oppressive atmosphere C. describes the man’s anger D. captures the man’s habitual impatience.

‘He sprung about the room in thick socks from fridge to bread bin to table, where he buttered and chopped and sliced and sprinkled. Deft and efficient; lithe like a cat, or a ballet dancer.’

Georgina Hammick, Habits

36. The passage above suggests A. haste B. lack of organization C. controlled movement D. untidiness.

‘Immersed in the great depression, they had kept their families together, kept their feet from touching bottom, and kept their faith in the future – their children’s future more than their own.’

John Updike, Beech: a Book

37.  In the above passage, “Kept their feet from touching bottom” suggests staying A. afloat literally B. buoyant economically C. alive D. affluent.

‘Otto’s wife was a potter. Nessa remembered Sandra. Davis telling her this. Not just a wife, not just a mother as Nessa’s own mother had been, as all the women in her childhood were and were expected to be: cooks and floor scrubbers, fanatical table polishers and chair back starchier, nest builders’.

Georgina Hammie, Habits

38.  In the passage above, Otto’s wife A. scrubbed floors and polished tables like the other women. B. was a potter and was therefore spared other domestic jobs C. was a potter like Nessa’s mother D. was a potter in addition to being a wife and mother.

 ‘In the cold hands of death…

            his mouth was cotton ‘filled, his man-pike shrunk to sub-soil grub;                        

            his head was hallowed and his brain

            on scales – was this a trick to prove

            fore-knowledge after death?¹

            Wole Soyinka: ‘Post Mortem’

39. These two stanzas capture the   A. fear of deathB. ugliness of death   C. mystery of death   D. knowledge of death.

“Viture in Russia as in his childhood, seemed some thing that arose from men, like a comforting body odour, rather than something from above, that impaled the struggling soul like a moth on a pin.” John Updike, Beech: A Book

40.  The tone of the passage above is   A. authoritativeB. mocking C. appreciative   D. scathing.

‘His round cheeks, his round nose, his round chin were a cool, healthy red. In the globe of his face, and neatly circular as if drawn in bright crayon his narrow long, tip tilted eyes, clear a pale blue water, seemed out of place, as if two incompatible strains had collided in making him.’

41. The picture presented above of a particular individual has A. photographic clarity B, satiric undertones C. elements of exaggeration D. derogatory connotations.

 ‘Here lies a great and mighty king Whose promise none relies on He never said a foolish thing Not ever did a wise one:

42.   The lines above could best form an A. epistle B. episode C. epiphany D. epitaph.

  ‘See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand; O! that! wore a glove upon that hand

That I might touch that cheek.’

43.  The predominant figure of speech in these lines is A. conceit B. apostrophe C. caricature D. simile.

  ‘From here the island of Fogo is a presence At Sunset

The palm trees are slow singers of farewell

The sail on the sea

Writes in geometry of spume

– departure of he who remains

And the clouds carried by incessant soft breezes.

– journey of he who never left!’

44. Which of the following figures of speech is used prominently in the poem? A personification  B. apostrophe C. litotes  D. hyperbole

Though we knew that something was wrong with our society, we made no attempt to assess it. Trinidad was too unimportant and we could never be convinced of the value of reading the history of a place which was, as everyone said, only a dot on the map of the world.

45.  The Middle Passage’ by VS. Naipaul The writer here maintains that Trinidad A. was too insignificant to have a history B. was so small that its people did not value its history C. was a mere dot and did not therefore attract peoples attention D. lacked historical significance because it could not compete with the rest of the world.

  ‘…..AkosuaNowa has touched my manhood.

Tell her, red ant upon the tree;

If she passes this way, i am gone,

! am gone to load my           gun

No matter how hidden deep her treasure.

By my father’s coffin I swear

I’ll shoot my way to It this day’

Son of the hunter King

There is liquid fire in my gun!

46. ‘AkosuaNowa ‘ by Joe de Graft The beauty of this poem is built upon its    A. rhythm

B. extended images of treasure and gun C. the protagonist’s boastfulness D. the arrangement of the lines

I thank you God for creating me black For making of me

Porter of all sorrows,

Sitting on my head

The World

I wear the Centaur’s hide

And I have carried the World since the first morning

47. ‘! Thank You God’ by Bernard DadieThe poet’s attitude here is being A. ironical B. whimsical C sorrowful   D. sarcastic.

¹A great city is a battlefield. You need to be a fighter to  live in it, not exist, mark you, live. Anybody can exist, dragging his soul around behind him like a worn out coat; but living is different¹

To Sir with Love’ by E.R. Braithwaite

48.  The literary device predominantly used in this passage is              A. simile    B. oxymoron    C. symbolism    D. sarcasm.

  ‘If it is true 

that the world talks too much

then let’s all keep quiet

and hear the eloquence

of silence’

            ‘If it is True’ by Richard Ntini

49. One striking device used by the poet above is A. rhythm   B. contrast   C. alliteration   D. endrhyme.

The leaves are withered

Toses fold and shrink            

Dog, the panting athlete shows his tongue

A dwarled shadow flees

Hides under legs

Nuts wrinkle and crack

       ‘Poems in Four Parts by W. Kamera

50. One dominant image presented in the poem above is 1 that of A. spent life B. summer C. death

D. tiredness

SECOND TERM SS1 LIT IN ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

ANSWER ANY THREE FROM THE QUESTIONS BELOW

Literature Theory:The questions below are based on AmmaDarko’sFACELESS

1.         Describe in detail Kabria’s encounter with Fofo at Agbogbloshie market and comment on the             unusual highlights of the experience.

2.         Discuss the theme of sexual exploitation in the novel.

3.        ‘Single parenting can be disastrous.’ Discuss.

4.         To what extent can Kabria be described as Fofo’s saviour?

5.         Of what significance is the novel’s epilogue?

6.         Compare Fofo’s experience on the street with her experience at Dina’s place.

7.         Examine the role superstition plays in the novel.

8.         Closely examine the significance of the confidential talk between Fofo and the duo of Dina             and Kabria.

9.         Discuss the significance of NaaYomo in MaaTsuru’s life.

10.      ‘Kpakpo is the virus that destroys MaaTsuru’s family.’ Discuss.

SECOND TERM SS1 LIT IN ENGLISH EXAM QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

SECOND TERM EXAM SS1

OBJECTIVES

Answer all questions

• In drama, comic relief often occurs in
  • Comedies              (b) Tragedies   (c) Historical plays      (d) Romantic plays

• A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is
  • Denouement          (b) Conflicts    (c) Comedy     (d) tragedy

• An expression which one derives a mental picture is
  • Paradox     (b) Exaggeration         (c) Imagery     (d) Photography

• The repetition of the vowel sounds in a line is
  • alliteration (b) assonance (c) onomatopoeia           (d) Parallelism

• A character in a story who narrates what happens to him or her is
  • a second person narrator (b) a first person narrator             (c) An Omniscient

(d) a third person narrator

• The loneliness people live in the most crowded place illustrates
  • Paradox     (b) Anecdote  (c) allegory      (d) Parody

• A person’s life story written by another person is
  • A commentary      (b) A biography           (c) An autobiography (d) An epistolary

• The term used to depict the freedom of s poet with language is
  • Poetic diction         (b) Bathos        (c) Graphology(d) Poetic license.

• A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is

(a) A pathetic fallacy   (b) verbal irony                        (c) Dramatic Irony      (d) Dramatic monologue

• A story which explain a natural phenomenon is

(a) Legend       (b) Parable      (c) myth          (d) Fiction

• An opposite of the Antagonist is                          

(a) An adversary          (b)A foil            (c) An epitome             (c) A protagonist

• The term “Tragic flaw” means

(A ) mistake made by a hero  (b) A moral weakness in the Hero      (c) The first act in a play

(d) The prologue

• Which of the following i not a genre of literature

(a) Farce         (b) Novel         (c) Play                       (d) poetry

• The identical sound of the poem is known as

(a) Metre         (b) Refrain       (c0 Rhyme      (d) verse

• The use of a mild expression to avoid direct statement of an unpleasant truth is known as

(a) Euphemism           (b) Hyperbole (c) Irony          (d) Simile

• The anxiety of the reader to know the subsequent development in a novel is known as

(a) Conflict      (b) Fiction        (c) Love                       (d)Suspense

• In drama, the clown creates

(a) confusion (b) hatred          ()Humor          (d) Horror

• Pick out the odd items

(a) Ballad         (b) Hyperbole (c) Metaphor (d) simile

• The expression ” He is a living dead” is an example of

(a) Antithesis  (b) imagery      (c) Oxymoron (d) Paradox

• One of the main feature of a dramatic play is                     
• Chapters    (b) Acts and scenes    (c) rhyme        (d) Stanza

21.   Which of the following is not a genre of literature a. drama b. novel c. play d. poetry

• The term ‘tragic flaw’ means a.    a moral weakness b. wrong spelling c. the prologue d. none of the above
• The principal female character in a novel is called a. Actress b. Heroine c. villain d. none of the above
• The major features of a play are called a. act and scenes b. stanza and verse c. chapter and paragraph
• Pick out the odd item in the list below a. prose b. iron c. drama d. poetry

‘LIKE THE DEW IN THE MOUNTAIN LIKE THE TRAIN ON THE ROVERS

LIKE THE BUBBLES ON THE MOUNTAIN THOU ART GONE,AND FOREVER’

• The above extract aroused from.a. sorrow b. hope c. joy d. anxiety
• One of the following devices used in extract is a.paradox b.personification c. hyperbole d. repition
• Wole Soyinka is a well known Africa’s………..a.Poet b.Musician c. Writer d. Politician 29.The protagonist in a novel is the same thing as a. Actress b. hero c. clown d. villain 30.Which of the following statement does not apply to tragedy a. it’s a dramatic feature
  • involves character c. is humorous d.is sad

31. A story or legend handed down from generation to generation is called a. romanc b.

parable c. folktales d. fables

32.A story of a person’s life told by someone else is called .a. epistolatory b. biography c. autobiography d. comedy

• A play that starts with a tragedy with happy ending is called a. comedy b. tragedy- comedy c.tragic-comedy d.playlet
• If the character and the situation in a work of art have animals kingdom as their setting,the work is refereed to as ….a. a lyric b. an ode c. fable d. an epic
• One of the literary device used in throwing more light on the character present experience is called a. suspense b. humor c. flashback d. none of the above
• ……… refers to the structure of a work of art [a] form [b] plot [c] style
• Oracle literature is part of [a] drama [b] poetry [c] music
• A short play is called    [a] farce [b] short play [c] playlet
• Poetry is written in [a] chapters [b] scene [c] lines
• A dirge is a poem sung [a] to send a child to sleep [b] at a birthday party [c] a burial or funeral

THEORY

1(a) What are figures of speech

• List six (6) figures of speech

2 Narrate the plot of the Novel Blood Of a Stranger

• Explain briefly these concept :

1. Drama
   1. prose
   1. poetry

• Discuss in details the theme of corruption in the text Harvest of corruption

LITERATURE IN EXAM QUESTIONS SS1 SECOND TERM