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FIRST TERM UNIFIED EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH CLASS: YEAR11 TIME:2HRS 15MINS.
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TEST
INSTRUCTION: Answer all the questions from this part.

1. Which of these is right? For a play to be considered successful, it must not be short of ……..
A. Audience
B. Speeches
C. Actions
D. Characters
2. Which of these is a means through which the author of a novel sustains readers’ interest?
Through the use of ………
A. Ambiguity
B. Anecdotes
C. Prologue
D. Suspense
3. Which of these correctly completes this statement?‘The woman whose car was damaged
is gone to the worms.’ is an example of
A. Sadism
B. Sophism
C. Euphemism
D. Satire
4. Which of these is true? In a narration the first person is the
A. The author
B. A participant
C. The publisher
D. Narrator
5. Complete this statement: In poetry, quatrain is a group of four
A. Lines
B. Stanzas
C. Refrains
D. Poem

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 6. Which of these is the expression of the exact opposite of what one means or has in mind even
though the words are not to be taken at face value?
A. Sarcasm
B. Euphemism
C. Irony
D. Metonymy
7. Which of these is the art of deriving the meaning of a word through its sound?
It is referred to as
A. Phonetics
B. Phoneme
C. Oxymoron
D. Onomatopoeia
8. Which of these is correct? When two opposite words 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
9. The figure of speech which states an unpleasant fact in a mild, pleasant manner is
A. Oxymoron
B. Echoism
C. Sarcasm
D. Euphemism
10. Which of these is a figurative expression in which a part stands for a whole and a whole
for a part?
A. Personification
B. Amplification
C. Synecdoche
D. Parallelism
11. What is the name for a literary work which is intended to teach a lesson?
A. Romantic
B. Didactic
C. Mimetic
D. Moralistic
12. Which of these is a short account of an interesting event?
A. A tale
B. An anecdote
C. An episode
D. A story

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 13. Which of these is the introductory part of a play, a novel or a poem?
A. Epilogue
B. Plot
C. Setting
D. Prologue
14. What is an elegy? It is a poem of
A. mourning
B. complaint
C. hope
D. joy
15. Which of these is a character whose actions are predictable in a literary work?
A. The villain
B. The hero
C. A flat character
D. A round character
16. Which of these is a scene in fiction enacting past events?
A. Foreshadow
B. Flashback
C. Allusion
D. Interlude
17. Which of these is right about Poetic license? It is a term applied to a poet’s
A. Choice of character
B. Freedom in the use of language
C. Restrictions in the use of language
D. Choice of words
18. Milton! Thou should’st be living at this hour.
What is the literary device used in the line above?
A. Apostrophe
B. Aside
C. Suspense
D. Soliloquy

Here lie I, Martin Eliginbrodde

Have mercy on my soul, Lord God.

19. What does the extract above illustrate?

A. Elegy
B. Ballad
C. Epitaph
D. Dirge.

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 20. What does this expression portray?’ We live to die, we die to live.‘
A. Inversion
B. Hyperbole
C. Paradox
D. Oxymoron

PART11

UNSEEN PROSEAND POETRY

Read the passage and answer Questions21 to 25.

Mark lies sleepless, as his supine eyes count the rafters- vertically, horizontally, diagonally over
and over. There is continual rumbling in his belly. Lying so still, whom can he blame now? Isn’t it his
own fault to be like this?

Three months ago, Atongo and Agbeyan said they were living town because “things have become
too hard,” as they put it. They asked Mark to come along. He declined saying he would have to
prepare. Of course, he simply could not go- dare not. He had a pact with Akwele who sells Kenkey
down town: neither could leave town without the other. At the time Mark’s friends were ready,
Akwele had travelled to Accra and unknown to anyone, not to return in a hurry.

This is why Mark is lying dejected on his bed, a hungry man. Anyhow, he is not an angry man.

21. What does ‘…supine eyes’ illustrate?

A. Verbal irony
B. Synecdoche
C. Paradox
D. Oxymoron
22. What isrumbling as used in the 1st paragraph?
A. Metaphoric.
B. Onomatopoeic.
C. Ironic.
D. Alliterative.
23. What is the dominant theme?
A. Insatiable hunger
B. Lack of trust
C. Loss of opportunity
D. Unrequited love
24. Which of these is the narrative technique?
A. First person
B. Interior-monologue
C. Third person
D. Multiple narration
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 25. What is the writer’s attitude?
A. Anger
B. Sympathy
C. Indifference
D. Mockery

PART II UNSEEN POEN AND PROSE

Read the poem and answer questions 26-30.

Bent – double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock – kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge
Till on the hunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,

Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,

But limped on blood – shed. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas – shells dropping softly behind.

26. What mood does the extract convey?

A. Dejection
B. Desperation
C. Resentment
D. Resignation
27. What is the dominant figure of speech in the first stanza?
A. Hyperbole
B. Simile
C. Euphemism
D. Pun
28. What does the expression‘ drunk with fatigue’ illustrate?
A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Litotes
D. Irony
29. Which of these is the rhyme scheme of the first lines?
A. aabb
B. abab
C. abcd
D. Abba

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 30. Which of these is the meaning of ‘sludge’ in the extract? It means
A. Water
B. Fire
C. Snow
D. Mud
31. Which of these is right? In literary work, when an idea is to be emphasized, …..............is used.
A. B. Antithesis
B. Irony
C. Paradox
D. Repetition
32. What does this expression depict? “For whosoever shall save his life shall lose it”.
A. Euphemism
B. Hyperbole
C. Irony
D. Paradox
33. Which of these are Literary works classified into?
A. Branches
B. Divisions
C. Cantos
D. Genres
34. Which of these correctly completes this expression? The beauty of poetry lies in its
A. Language
B. Length
C. Mood
D. Lines
35. Which of these is correct?Cast , Acts and Scenes are usually found in
A. Fictions
B. Narratives
C. Novels
D. Plays
36. What is the literary term for a play that makes people laugh and ends happily?
A. Burlesque
B. Novels
C. Comedy
D. Tragic comedy
37. What does this statement portray? ‘The dagger knew too well that Caesar was dangerous.
is an example of
A. Paradox
B. Parody
C. Pun
D. Personification
38. What is the name for an inscription on the tomb of a dead person?
A. Encryption
B. Epitaph
C. Epigram
D. Epilogue

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 39. What is the totality of emotions which a literary work generates from its readership?
A. Attitude
B. Catharsis
C. Empathy
D. Sympathy
40. What is the essential goal of flashback technique? To
A. beautify past and current events
B. concretize the hero’s perception
C. link past events with the present
D. shed light on the hero’s flaws
41. What is a literary device by which the understanding of the audience is more than that
of the character? It is ………..irony.
A. Artistic
B. Dramatic
C. Verbal
D. Literary
42. What is a pause within the line of poetry?
A. Caesura
B. Ellipsis
C. Metre
D. Stress
43. Which of the following is the odd item?
A. Rasin in the sun
B. Harvest of Corruption
C. She Stoops to Conquer
D. The Proud King
44. What does this expression’ Here is a citizen of no mean country’ illustrate’?
A. Bathos
B. Euphemism
C. Metonymy
D. Litotes
45. What is an elegy? It is a poem of
A. mourning
B. complaint
C. hope
D. joy
46. Which of these is a short poem expressing intense emotions and is usually sung? A/an
A. Ode
B. Pastoral
C. Elegy
D. Lyric
47. Which of the following plays is based on dramatic irony?
A. Blood of a Stranger
B. Harvest of Corruption
C. She Stoops to Conquer
D. A Rasin in the sun

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 48. What is the device used in “I am so famished, I can devour a whole cow.”?
A. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor
C. Irony
D. Sarcasm
49. What is a symbolic representation of ideas, actions, and situations in a work of art? It is a/an
A. Fable s
B. Romance
C. Parody
D. Allegory
50. What does this expression illustrate? ‘The trees bowed their heads in shame’
A. Personification
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Paradox

PART II: THEORY

Section A

Answer one question only.

AFRICAN PROSE: Second Class Citizen by BuchiEmecheta

1. Give a vivid account of the circumstances that led to Adah attending school.
2. Discuss the theme of gender discrimination.

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