MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM LITERATURE SS 2

FIRST TERM MID TERM TEST 

                             SUBJECT: LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH    CLASS: SS TWO (2)     Time: 

 

SECTION A

Answer all questions in this section.

 

  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 a mental picture is _____ (A)Paradox (b) exaggeration (c) imagery (d) photography 
  4. The repetition of the vowel sound in a line is called ____ (A)Alliteration (b) assonance (c) onomatopoeia (d) parallelism
  5. The loneliest people live in the most crowded places illustrates ______ (a)Paradox (b) anecdote (c) allegory (d) parody
  6. A person’s life story written by another person is ___
  7. A story which explains a natural phenomenon is ____
  8. Legend (b) parable (c) myth (d) fiction 
  9. A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is 
  10. An epigram (b) a limerick (c) an ode (d) a lyric 
  11. One of the following is used to develop character 
  12. Climax (b) atmosphere (c) setting (d) dialogue 
  13. A stanza of four lines is a ______
  14. Couplet (b) quintet (c) septet (d) quatrain
  15. A poetic device which exaggerates situations or objects is known as _____
  16. Climax (b) epigram (c) flashback (d) hyperbole 
  17. Which of the following is odd in the appreciation of a poem?
  18. Chapter (b) rhythm (c) setting (d) stanza 
  19. The term “traffic flow” means _____
  20. A mistake made by a hero (b) a moral weakness in the hero (c) the first act in the play. (d) the prologue 
  21. The first eight lines of a sonnet are called ____
  22. A couplet (b) an octave (c) a quatrain (d) a sestet
  23. Which of the following is not a play?
  24. Doctor Faustus (b) Romeo and Juliet (c) galibo  (d) dizzy angels
  25. The principal female character in a novel is called _____
  26. Actress (b) clown (c) hero (d0 heroine 
  27. The major features of a play are ____
  28. Acts and scenes (b) chapters and paragraphs (c) characterization (d) metres and rhythms.
  29. A poem telling of splendid deeds of a hero is _____
  30. A ballad (b) a lampoon (c) an epic (d) a parody
  31. One of the main aims of a didactic literay work is to _____
  32. laugh at the society (b) make people laugh (c) show man’s weakness (d) teach a moral lesson
  33. a poem which portrays a simple rural life of the common people is called ______
  34. a pastoral (b) a carol (c)  a lyric (d) an epic
  35. “The counsel for the accused addresses bench”. This statement is an example of (a) a seat (b) metaphor (c) metonymy (d) onomatopoeia
  36. in drama, the clown (a) creates confusion (b) creates hatred (c) creates humor (d) generates horror
  37. pick out the odd item (a) ballad (b) hyperbole (c) metaphor (d) pun 
  38. a protagonist who has a disastrous end is a (a) comic character (b) tragic hero (c) flat character (d) round character
  39. romantic poetry normally deals with (a) beauty (b) conquest (c) nature (d) marriage
  40. the anxiety of the reader to know the subsequent development in a novel is known as (a) conflict (b) fiction (c) love (d) suspense
  41. when a poet turns away from the main writing to address an absent person or thing the figure of speech involved is (a) catastrophe (b) irony (c) apostrophe (d) allegory 
  42. in literary appreciation, the choice of words used by the writer is generally known as (a) characterization (b) rhythm (c) diction (d) speech 
  43. which of the following marks a tragedy (a) grandeur (b) dialogue (c0 laughter (d) aside 
  44. Which of the following is not a form of play? (a) comedy (b) limerick (c) tragedy (d) farce

SECTION B

 

Answer any three questions from this part. 

 

  1. Attempt a character portrait of the following: joe, mama orojo and nii tackie.
  2. Discuses unexpected joy at dawn as a tragedy with happy ending.
  3. Compare and contrast, the relationship between linda and Nii with that of marshak and Nii
  4. Evaluate the role of father-son relationship in the development of the play.
  5. Discuss the problem associated with racism in the play.