Third Term Examinations Literature In English SS 1

   THIRD TERM

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SUBJECT  LITERATURE IN ENGLISH     CLASS: S. S S 1      DURATION 2HRs 30MINS

PART A: 

LITERARY APPRECIATION:

1. In drama, comic relief often occurs in   A. comedies   B.   tragedies     C.   historical plays.   D.  romantic plays.
2. A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is   A.  denouement  B. conflict C.  comedy   D.  tragedy.
3. An expression from which one derives in a mental picture is   A.   paradox   B. exaggeration  C. imagery  D.  photography.
4. The repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line is A.alliteration  B.  assonance   C.  onomatopoeia   D.  parallelism.
5. A character in the story who narrates what happens to him or her is   A.  a second person narrator  B.a first person narrator  C.  an omniscient narrator    D.  a third person narrator.
6. An understatement is otherwise called.  A.  litotes   B.  conceit   C.  pun   D.  constrast.
7. The loneliest people live in the most crowd places illustrates   A.  paradox   B.   anecdote   C.  allegory  D.  parody.
8. A person’s life story written by another person is  A.  a commentary  B.  a biography   C.an autobiography   D.  an epistolary.
9. The term used to depict the freedom of a poet with language is  A.  poetic diction  B.  bathos   C.  graphology   D.poetic licence.
10. A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is A.  pathetic fallacy  B. verbal  irony   C.  dramatic irony   D.  dramatic monologue.
11. A story which explains a natural phenomenon is  A. legend  B.  parable   Myth    D.  fiction.
12. A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is  A.  an epigram  B.  a limerick   C.an ode  D.a lyric.
13. A literary work that vividly portrays life can be described as  A.   realistic  B.  romantic    C.  idealistic   D.sarcastic.
14. A character whose actions or qualities serve to heightened those of the hero through contrastis  A.  an adversary   B.  a protagonist   C.  an antagonist   D.  a foil.
15. One of the following is used to develop character.  A.  Climax  B.  Atmposphere   C.  Setting  D.  Dialogue.
16. A curtain raiser is an introductory performance that is    A. not part of the main play   B.  the first part of the main play.  C.  not separate from the play.  D.  the first part of the final scene.
17. A stanza of four lines is aA.  couplet   B.quintent   C.  septet  D.   quatrain.
18. …. In drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation which the audience know about.  A.  verbal irony  B.  Dramatic irony  C.  satire   D.  parody.

Read the extract and answer questions 19 and 20.

Said the lion: “On music I dote

But something is wrong with my throat

When I practice a scale

The listeners quail

And flee at the first note” .

1. What type of poem is this?  A.   Epic   B. Limerick  C.   Ode    D.  Sonnet. 
2. The rhyme of scheme of the poemis  A.  aabba   B.  ababa   C.  ababb   D.   abbaa.

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar. As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The miniscule rings of intricately craftedgold are like miniature wafers.

He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky and presses it onto a space in the growing length of necklace. It fits- it is like dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant.

 Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardryof the master craftsman display itself. We are held in thrall…

1. The subject matter of the passage is  A.  goldsmith at work  B.  celebrating the Echarist   C.  a priest at the altar.  D.  communion wine and wafers.
2. The dominant devices used are   A. personification and irony   B.  parallelism and repetition  C.  metaphor and simile  D.  metonymy and synecdoche.
3. The use of the above devices create an atmosphere of    A.  fear  B.  doom  C.  hope   D.  awe.
4. The writer’s attitude is one of    A.  bewilderment   B.  reverence   C.  indifference   D.  arrogance.
5. The narratives technique captures the ….of the scene   A.  seriousness   B.  vividness  C.  ordinariness  D.  loneliness.

Read the poem and answer questions 26-30

      At the dawn must I rise to till the rock

      That our land has turned into

      The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy

Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy

 Our woes are bloody woes of accused revenges

       Of our land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect

       For the life of fellow man by his fellow

       Kindred blood has counted for less than no value

       Brother’s wife has been wife to other brother’s brother

Communal loot has emptied our country silos

The earth has stopped breathing and signed

Soldered tears has the moon shed

The earth was scorched at noon-day night

And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

1.  The theme of the poem is A.  famine and disease. B. drought and heat   C. abomination and retribution  D.  sickness and death. 
2.  The mood of the poet is one of  A.  recklessness   B.  hopelessness  C.  happiness   D.   loneliness. 
3.    “The earth has stopped breathing and signed” illustrate  A.  bathos   B.  climax   C.  personification   D.  paradox. 
4. The run-on predominance of words associated with  A.   celebration.  B.  nature   C.   governance   D.   nurture. 
5. There is a predominance of words associated with   A.  celebration  B.  nature   C.  governance   D.  nurture.

SECTION B

 Answer all the questions in this section. 

WILLIAMS SHAKESPEARE: THE TEMPEST

Read the extract and answer questions 31-35.

Caliban:  Ay, that I will; and I’ll be wise hereafter 

And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass     

Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,

And worship this dull fool!

Prospero:Go to ; away to

Alonso:     Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it,

Sebastian:   Or stole it, rather. 

1. What is Caliban promising to do?  A.  carry more wood  B.  Behave appropriately for forgiveness   C.  Denounce Stephano and Trinculo   D.   Confess his part in the conspiracy
2. Prospero has asked Caliban to    A.  go and bring Miranda   B.  go to prospero’s cell  C.  fetch more wood   D.   learn his language lessons. 
3. The contents of “your luggage” are  A.  Alonso’s sachel and swords.   B.  food an d water from the ship   C.  paddles,fur and a harpoon  D.  the clothing put up by Ariel.
4. “this drunkard” is     A.  Trinculo    B.  Stephano   C.   Gonzalo   D.   Alonso.
5. Sebastian says “Or stole it, rather” because the luggage   A.   does not belong to Caliban   B.  belongs to Caliban  C.   is not from the ship.   D.   is from the ship.

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40.

Prospero:          Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated

In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life

And observation strange,  my meaner minister

Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,

And these, mine enemies are all knit up

In their distractions, They now are in my power;

And in these fits I leave them, …

1. Prosperero is speaking to  A.  Caliban  B.  Miranda  C.  Ferdinand.    D.  Ariel.
2. The first line means that the addressee A.  obeyedprospero’s instructions exactly. B. did not carry out Prospero’s instruction  C.  modified the instruction of Prospero. D.  failed to understand the instructions of Prospero.
3.  Prospero’s enemies include the voyagers but not     A.  Alonso   B.   Antonio  C.   Francisco   D. Stephano.
4. What has just taken place is that   A.  the enemies have been tantalized with a banquet.  B.  Caliban brought home some wood.  C.  Ferdinand is splitting wood   D.  Miranda has offered to help Ferdinard.
5. Prospero  decides to   A.  sit back and watch   B.  Kick Caliban in the mouth C.   go to Ferdinard   D.  discharge Ariel.

        ESSAY QUESTIONS:

INSTRUCTION: Answer four (4) questions in this section.

1. Explain the following figures of speech with examples in sentence

1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification.

1. Write short notes on any six (6) themes of FACELESS by Amma Darko.
2. Discuss the roles of the following characters and how they contributed to the development of the story in FACELESS:

1. Fofo
2. Baby T
3. Poison
4. Kabra

1. Discuss the plot or sequence of events of THE NATIVE SON by Richard Wright.
2. Explain the theme of Fear in the novel- Native Son and how it affected Bigger ?
3. Write out the whole poem of Birago Diop- VANITY.
4. Write out the whole poem of Lenrie Peters- The Panic of Growing Older.