FIRST TERM

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

 SUBJECT: LIT-IN-ENGLISH                DURATION: 2HR                 CLASS: SSS 2

                SECTION : A  ———Answer all questions in this section.

                                  General Questions on Literary Appreciation.

1. A poem consisting of fourteen lines is a narrative    B. a sonnet    C. an ode   D. an elegy
2. The attiude of a writer towards the subject matter is the tone    B. plot    C. crisis     D. climax
3. The pattern of the end rhymes in a poem is called internal rhyme.   B. rhyme scheme   C.   rhythm    D. free verse.
4. The most exciting and tense part of a story is the epilogue   B. climax     C. prologue.  D. exposition.
5. Lines of unrhymed poetry are known as blank verse.   B. assonance.     C. consonance      D. free verse.
6. A question which does not require an answer is discourse    B. rhetorical.    C. ironic    D. flashback.
7. A literary work written in form of a letter is creative    B. romantic   C. tautological    D. epistolary.
8. ‘The lawyer address the bench’ illustrate metonymy   B. alliteration     C. simile    D. oxymoron
9. The concluding part of a play where the conflict is resolved is the resolution   B. enjambment  C. denouement    D. climax.
10. A character whose flaws combined with external forces lead to his suffering is a heroin B. tragic- hero    C. hero   D. protagonist.
11. Pick the odd item out of the underlisted ode B. elegy    C. sonnet    D. simile
12. “ Pregnant clouds” is an example of cliché B. litotes    C. metaphor    D. synecdoche.
13. A writer choice of words is his diction B. mood   C. tone    D. setting
14. The art of creating fictional personages constitutes point of view B. characterization   C. narrative technique    D. symbolism.
15. A deliberate use of exaggeration for the purpose of humour / emphasis is metaphor B. irony    C. simile     D. hyperbole.
16. Drama is meant to teach manners only B. criticize   C. educate and entertain    D. be read and acted only.
17. A piece of writing which teaches morals is serious B. didactic    C. playful    D. analytical.
18. In drama, the ——- create humour hero B. clown     C. villain     D. chorus.
19. ‘Let me not love thee if I love thee not’ illustrates metaphor B. proverb    C. paradox   D. meiosis
20. ——is a literary device used to express something unpleasant in a more acceptable manner epilogue B. epigram   C. euphemism    D. eulogy.

PART 2: UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage and answer question 21-25.

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

James heart beat madly as he and Alice approached the beeping metal detector at the entrance. The obvious 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 not be liable.

James looked at Alice, his wife returning  his guilt stricken, dubious looked 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 shameless to decide to rob his own wife? The weindled 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 illustrate euphemism
22. personification c. litotes           d. onomatopoeia
23. The narrative technique is first person
24. stream of consciousness c. third person d. interior monologue
25. How would he explain it to himself? Exemplifies a. hyperbole
26. parallelism c. rhetorical                 d. understatement
27. The writer’s attitude towards james is one of a. sympathy            b. distrust
28. support d. disapproval
29. the setting is a. the couple’s home b. a modern hotel c. the airport     d. a school

Read the Poem and answer question below

Poison ivy came up like a rose

In red and thorny garb

I look, liked and did dare touch.

My pals my acid 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 dream remains a dream still

Now my dream is a locked-up serenade.

26. The mood of the person 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
28. the rising moon d. unrequited love
29. The envy of the persona’s friends is expressed in the a. avid touch
30. clipped wings c. green and frosty eyes           d. song-filled air pocket
31. line 2 is in iambic a. trimether            bb. Tetrameter           c. pentameter      d. hexameter
32. The last line illustrates a. parallelism b. contrast           c. hyperbole       d. metaphor

SECTION B

Answer all the question in this section

William Shakespeare: Othello

Othello:                   Not i. I must be found.

My parts, my title, and my perfect soul

Shall manifest me rightly. Is it they?

Lago:                       By Janus, I think no.

Othello:                   The sevants of the Duke? And my lieutenant?

The Goodness of the night upon you, friends

What is the news

(Act I, Scene Two, Lines 29-34)

31. Just before this, lago advises Othello to a. stay there b. go in
32. show concern d. be fair
33. By Janus is a. flashback b. foregrounding          c. an allusion
34. euphemism\
35. The news Othello receives is that he must a. set sail for Cyprus
36. reconcile the Brabantio c. prepare a military strategy
37. appear before the council
38. Duke is in council that night because of a. Brabantios complaint
39. Lago’s demotion c. the Turkish threat
40. Cassio’s dismissal as lieutenant
41. Later on, Brabantio accuses Othello of a. being unfair to lago
42. instigating a brawl            c. stealing his daughter             d. being a knave

Read the extract and answer the questions below

Speaker:        let me speak like yourself and lay a sentence.

Which, as a grise or step, may help these lovers.

When remedies are past, the griefs are ended

By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.

(Act I, scene three, lines 198-201)

36. The speaker is a. brabantio              b. duke          c. montano        d. lodovico
37. He is responding to a. montano            b. lago c. rederigo           d. brabantio
38. The setting is a. a council chamber        b. venice. A street
39. another street outside the sagittary d. the citadel of Cyprus
40. These lovers refers to a. lago and Emilia b. Cassio and Bianca
41. Roderingo and Desdemona d. Othello and Desdemona
42. The expression lay a sentence means a. decide who is guilty
43. offer criticism c. give advice d. speak politely

Read the extract and answer questions

Othello:                   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 brawl

He that stirs next to carve for his own rage

Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion

Silence hat dreadful bell. It frights the isle

From her propriety. What is the matter, masters?

Honest lago, that look 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
43. return of the victorious c. killing Roderigo by lago
44. stabbing of Montano by Cassio
45. In “who began this” this refers to the a. theft b. war            c. bell
46. brawl
47. To Othello, lago is a. sincere b. a negligent guard        c. untrustworthy
48. a loyal senator
49. The major consequence of the brawl is that a. Montano is killed
50. Roderigo demands his money back
51. Cassio is dismissed as Othello’s lieutenant
52. lago is given charge of the city

Read the extract and answer the questions

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

Lay down my soul at stake. If 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 serpents 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, scent two , lines 12-19)

46. The speaker is a. lago b. desdomona           c. cassio        d. Emilia
47. The speaker is addressing a. Othello b. Montano   c. Duke  d. Roderigo
48. The speech is in response to
49. the allegation that the speaker has lied about Desdemona
50. lago’s disdain for Othello
51. othello’s suspicion that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers
52. Brabantio’s rejection of his daughter
53. The line Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom is best paraphrased
54. you are not wise b. do not kill yourself         c. you are ungrateful
55. you demean yourself by thinking so
56. The character being spoken of is described as a. unhappy b. virtuous
57. generous d. wretched

ELIAS INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

SIGMA TERM EXAMINATION (2018/2019)

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

 SUBJECT: LIT-IN-ENGLISH                DURATION: 2HR                 CLASS: SSS 2

PAPER II : Instruction: Answer one question each from each section

SECTION A- AFRICA PROSE

FACELESS- AMMA DARKO

1. Explain Kabira’s presence in the hairdressing salon at Agbogboshie
2. Comment on the significance of Sodom and Gomorrah in the novel

LONELY DAYS- BAYO ADEBOWALE

3. “No woman’s life is eder complete without a man.” How is this applicable to Yaremi in the novel.
4. Examine the authors narrative technique in the novel.

SECTION B: NON AFRICAN PROSE

NATIVE SON- RICHARD WRIGHT

5. Discuss the role of the black clergy in the novel
6. What have you learned about black life from the conversation between Bigger and Gus at the entrance to the pool room?

THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO- HORACE WALPOLE

7. Comment on the significance of Conrad’s death in the novel.
8. Examine the relationship between Manfred and HIppolita.

PAPER III: DRAMA AND POETRY

SECTION A: AFRICAN DRAMA

THE BLOOD OF A STRANGER- DELE CHARLEY

1. How does the love for wealth and power influence the actions of the character in the play?
2. Assess Santigis reign as king of Mando land.

HARVEST OF CORRUPTION- FRANK OGODO OGBECHE

3. Comment on the proceedings of the Wasa High Court of justice
4. Consider Aloho as a foil to Ogeyi

SECTION B: NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

A RAISING IN THE SUN- LORRAINE HANSBERRY

5. What is the significance of Karl Lindner’s visits to the youngers?
6. Trace the transformation of Walter “into his manhood in the play?

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER- OLIVER GOLDSMITH

7. Examine the importance of the jewels in the play.
8. Assess the role of Tony lumpkin in the play.

SECTION C: AFRICAN POETRY

9. Examine the use of contrast in Okara’s “piano and drums”
10. Comment on the mood of the poet in “Ambush”

SECTION D: NON-AFRICAN POETRY

11. How does the poet present death as a voyage in “Crossing the Bar”?
12. Examine Bake’s use of diction in The School Boy.