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This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'Here lies a great and mighty king

Whose promise none relies on

He never said a foolish thing

Not ever did a wise one'.

The lines above could best from an

A
epistle
B
episode
C
epiphany
D
epitaph
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This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand;

O! that I wore a glove upon that hand

That predominant figure of speech in these lines is

A
conceit
B
apostrophe
C
caricature
D
simile
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43

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

''From here the island of Fogo is a presence

At Sunset

The palm trees are slow singers of farewell

The sail on the sea

Writes in geometry of spume

  • departure of he who remains

And the clouds carried by incessant soft breezes

-journey of he who never left!''

Which of the following figures of speech is used prominently in the poem?

A
apostrophe
B
litotes
C
hyperbole
D
personification
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44

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

Though we knew that something was wrong with our society, we made no attempt to assess it.

Trinidad was too unimportant and we could never be convinced of the value of reading the history of a place which was, as everyone said, only a dot on the map of the world.

The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul

The writer here maintains that Trinidad

A
was too insignificant to have a history
B
was so small that its people did not value its history
C
was a mere dot and did not therefore attract people's attention
D
lacked historical significance bcause it could not compete with the rest of the world.
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This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'I thank you God for creating me black

For making of me

Porter of all sorrows

Sitting on my head

The World

I wear the Centaur's hide

And I have carried the World since the first morning'.

'I Thank You God' by Benard Dadie

The poet's attitude here is being

A
ironical
B
whimsical
C
sorrowful
D
sarcastic
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This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'...Akosua Nowa has touched my manhood;

Tell her, red ant upon the tree;

If she passes this way, I am gone,

I am gone to load my gun

No matter how hidden deep her treasure,

By my father's coffin I swear

I'll shoot my way to it this day;

Son of the hunter King

There is liquid fire in my gun!

' Akosua Nowa' by Joe de Graft

The beauty of this poem is built upon its

A
rhythm
B
extended images of treasure and gun
C
the protagonist's boastfulness
D
the arrangement of the lines
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47

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'A great city is a battlefield...You need to be a fighter to live in it, not exist, mark you, live. Anybody can exist, dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat; but living is different'

'To Sir with Love' by E.R. Braithwaite

The literary device predominantly used in this passage is

A
simile
B
oxymoron
C
symbolism
D
sarcasm
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This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

The leaves are withered. Roses fold and shrink

Dog, the panting athlete shows his tongue A dwarled shadow flees. Hides under legs. Nuts

wrinkle and crack

'Poems in Four Parts' by W.Kamera

One dominant image presented in the poem above is that of

A
spent life
B
summer
C
death
D
tiredness
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49

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

'If it is true that the world talks too much

then let's all keep quiet

and hear the eloquence

of silence'

If it is True' by Richard Ntini

One striking device used by the poet above is

A
rhythm
B
contrast
C
alliteration
D
end-rhyme
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50

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

The Fulani Creation Story' suggests that the basic problem of man is

A
blindness
B
worry
C
death
D
pride
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