MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM LITERATURE SS 3

FIRST TERM MID TERM TEST 

           Class:  SS3                         Subject: LITERATURATURE-IN-ENGLISH                      Time:

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS 

1. ‘’The cell is a cruel place, sometimes a heaven’’ illustrates the use of __________ (a) Paradox (b) sarcasm (c) anti-climax (d) personification 
2. A narrative in the oral tradition that may include legends and fables is a _____ (a) ballad (b) pastoral (c) folktale (d)romance
3. In which of the following genres is term ‘soliloquy’ generally used? (a) novel (b) drama (c) epic (d) poetry.
4. A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is a _____ (a) pathetic fallacy (b) verbal irony (c) dramatic irony (d) dramatic monologue
5. A story which explains a natural phenomenon is ______ (a) legend (b) parable (c) myth (d) fiction 
6. A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is ___ (a) an epigram (b) a limerick (c) an ode (d) a lyric.
7.  A character whose action or qualities serve to heighten the hero through contrast is _____ (a) an adversary (b) a protagonist (c) an antagonist (d) a foil
8. One of the following is used to develop character ____ (a) climax (b) atmosphere (c) setting (d) dialogue
9.  A literary work that vividly portrays life can be described as ______ (a) realistic (b) romantic (c) idealistic (d) sarcastic 
10. ‘’charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul’’ is an example of _____ (a) oxymoron (b) epigram (c) epithet (d) bathos

READ THE PEOM 

Said the lion: ‘’ on music 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 scheme of the poem is ______ (a) aabbd (b) ababa (c) aabba (d) aabab

READ THIS PASSGE 

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 minusale rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature waters.

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

Our lent vigils are not as solemn as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs hos work. 

We look on as the wizardly of the master craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall……….

1. The subject matter of the passage is _______ (a) a goldsmith at work (b) celebrating (c) the Eucharist (d) communion wine and waters 
2. The dominant devices used after _______ (a) personification and irony (b) parallelism and repetition (c) metaphor and simile (d) metonymy and synecdoche 
3. The use of the above devices creates an atmosphere of _____ (a) fear (b) doom (c) hope (d) awe
4. The writers attitude is one of ______ (a) bewilderment (b) reverence (c) indifference (d) arrogance 
5. The narrative technique captures the _____ of the scene (a) seriousness (b) `vividness (c) ordinariness (d) loneliness
6. An epistolary method of writing a novel is a method whereby a novel is written in the form of _____ (a) dialogue (b) drama (c) essay (d) letter
7. ‘’But from this earth, this grave, this dust my God shall raise me up, I trust!’’ The feeling of the poet is one of : (a) hatred (b) indecision (c) love (d) optimism
8. The period of laughter or amusement in a tragic play is called _______ (a) comedy (b) cosmic relief (c) denouement (d) interlude
9. The principal female character in a novel is called ______ (a) actress (b) clown (c) hero (d) heroine
10. A poem telling a splendid deed of a hero is _____ (a) a ballad (b) a lampoon (c) an epic (d) a parody 
11. The major features of a play are ____ (a) acts and scenes (b) chapter and paragraphs (c) characterization (d) metres and rhythms.
12. One of the main aims of a didactic literary work is to ______ (a) laugh at the society (b) make people laugh (c) teach a moral lesson d) show man’s weakness
13. A poem which portrays a simple rural life of the common people is called ______ (a) a carol (b) a lyric (c) a pastoral (d) an ode
14. ‘’The counsel for the accused addresses the bench ‘’this statement is an example of (a) a seat (b) metaphor (c) metonymy (d) oxymoron

Use the extract below to answer questions 27-29

Ah, love, let us be true

To one another! For the world, which seems 

To lie before us like a land dreams,

So various, so beautiful, so new,

Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,

Nor certitude, not peace nor help, for pain;

And we are here as on a darkling pain

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Where ignorant armies clash by night.

1. 1. A dominant theme of this poem is _______ (a) deceitful nature of man (b) irony of life (c) man’s dignity (d) essence of truthfulness
   2. The poet’s attitude seems to be ______ (a) altruistic (b) effeminate (c) indifferent (d) pessimistic 
   3. Line 3 can be an example of _____ (a) alliteration and simile (b) assonance and simile (c) pun and metaphor (d) pun and simile

• Modern tragic plays deal with ______ (a) people having a struggle with wretched existence (b) the shedding of blood (c) the death of kings and nobles (d) the use of superstitious elements

PART TWO- THEORY

ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM EACH SECTION 

Section A (African prose) second class citizen by Buchi Emecheta

1. Discuss five major themes in the novel.

Unexpected joy at dawn By Alex Agyei Agyiri

1. Discuss ‘ Episodic narrative pattern’ in Unexpected Joy At Dawn

Section B (Non-African Prose) ‘Wuthering Height’ by Emily Bronte

1. Why is wuthering Heights regarded as a Gothic Novel?
2. Discuss the following themes in the novel ‘Wuthering Heights’

1. Benevolence 
2. Love and Marriage
3. Incest and Immorality
4. Religious Hypocrisy

Section C (African Drama) Lion and the jewel by Wole Soyinka 

1. Name and explain four major themes in the drama

‘Let me die Alone’ by John Kolossa Kargbo

1. Evaluate the playwrights handling of infidelity in the play.

Section D (Non-African Drama)

1. Discuss the problem associated with racism in the play 
2. Examine the role and character of Troy Maxson and Rose Maxson in the play 

Section E (African poetry)

‘The leader and the led’ by Niyi Osundare

1. Discuss in detail, the poetic devices in the poem.
2. “If the Government Driver had not retired he may not have died”. To what extent do you or disagree with the above view?