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.
- In drama, comic relief often occurs in ______________________ (A)Comedies (b) tragedies (c)historical plays (d) romantic plays
- A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is ______________________(A) Denouement (b) conflict (c) comedy (d) tragedy
- An expression from which one derives a mental picture is _____ (A)Paradox (b) exaggeration (c) imagery (d) photography
- The repetition of the vowel sound in a line is called ____ (A)Alliteration (b) assonance (c) onomatopoeia (d) parallelism
- The loneliest people live in the most crowded places illustrates ______ (a)Paradox (b) anecdote (c) allegory (d) parody
- A person’s life story written by another person is ___
- A story which explains a natural phenomenon is ____
- Legend (b) parable (c) myth (d) fiction
- A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is
- An epigram (b) a limerick (c) an ode (d) a lyric
- One of the following is used to develop character
- Climax (b) atmosphere (c) setting (d) dialogue
- A stanza of four lines is a ______
- Couplet (b) quintet (c) septet (d) quatrain
- A poetic device which exaggerates situations or objects is known as _____
- Climax (b) epigram (c) flashback (d) hyperbole
- Which of the following is odd in the appreciation of a poem?
- Chapter (b) rhythm (c) setting (d) stanza
- The term “traffic flow” means _____
- A mistake made by a hero (b) a moral weakness in the hero (c) the first act in the play. (d) the prologue
- The first eight lines of a sonnet are called ____
- A couplet (b) an octave (c) a quatrain (d) a sestet
- Which of the following is not a play?
- Doctor Faustus (b) Romeo and Juliet (c) galibo (d) dizzy angels
- The principal female character in a novel is called _____
- Actress (b) clown (c) hero (d0 heroine
- The major features of a play are ____
- Acts and scenes (b) chapters and paragraphs (c) characterization (d) metres and rhythms.
- A poem telling of splendid deeds of a hero is _____
- A ballad (b) a lampoon (c) an epic (d) a parody
- One of the main aims of a didactic literay work is to _____
- laugh at the society (b) make people laugh (c) show man’s weakness (d) teach a moral lesson
- a poem which portrays a simple rural life of the common people is called ______
- a pastoral (b) a carol (c) a lyric (d) an epic
- “The counsel for the accused addresses bench”. This statement is an example of (a) a seat (b) metaphor (c) metonymy (d) onomatopoeia
- in drama, the clown (a) creates confusion (b) creates hatred (c) creates humor (d) generates horror
- pick out the odd item (a) ballad (b) hyperbole (c) metaphor (d) pun
- a protagonist who has a disastrous end is a (a) comic character (b) tragic hero (c) flat character (d) round character
- romantic poetry normally deals with (a) beauty (b) conquest (c) nature (d) marriage
- the anxiety of the reader to know the subsequent development in a novel is known as (a) conflict (b) fiction (c) love (d) suspense
- 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
- in literary appreciation, the choice of words used by the writer is generally known as (a) characterization (b) rhythm (c) diction (d) speech
- which of the following marks a tragedy (a) grandeur (b) dialogue (c0 laughter (d) aside
- 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.
- Attempt a character portrait of the following: joe, mama orojo and nii tackie.
- Discuses unexpected joy at dawn as a tragedy with happy ending.
- Compare and contrast, the relationship between linda and Nii with that of marshak and Nii
- Evaluate the role of father-son relationship in the development of the play.
- Discuss the problem associated with racism in the play.
