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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSI PAPER I: OBJECTIVE TEST
1. A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major characters is A. epistolary. B. gothic. C.
historical. D. sociological.
2. The literary term describing individuals in a work ot literature is A. character. B. protagonist.
C. narrator. D. villain.
3. Several hands stretched out for free
meals a the refugee camp illustrates
A. antithesis. B. euphemism. C. litotes. D synecdoche.
4. A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is A. an in
media res. B. an interlude. C. an incantation. D. a deus-ex-machina.
5. In literature, the two components of
diction are A. sentence construction and punctuation. B. vocabulary and punctuation. C.
syntax and sentence construction. D. vocabulary and syntax.
6. A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is A. an allegory. B. a
fable. C. a novela. D. an epistle.
7. My bounty is as boundless as the sea My love as deep.
The above lines illustrate A. apostrophe. B. epigram. C. hyperbole. D. euphemism.
8. In drama, catharsis is the A. change
of setting B. conflict between two
characters. C. resolution of conflict. D.
purging of emotions from tension.
Read the extract below and answer
guestion 9 to 11.
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian
Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the
brain
And drinking largely sobers us again.
9. The poem is A. allegoric. B. didactic. C. metaphysical. LD. romantic
10. The tone of the poet is A. jocular. B. harsh. C. mournful. D. sombre.
11. Lines 3 and 4 illustrate A. antithesis. B. Oxymoron. C. anti-climax. D. metonymy.
12. A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a A. dirge. B.
refrain. lullaby. D.verse
13. The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of A paradox. B. lilotes.
C. parallelism. D. zeugima.
14. Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of A. known identity. B. plain identity. C.
unknown identity. D. mistaken identity.
15. Men Swift to see things done, do no Fun their commanding.
The underlined words exemplify A.
pun. B. end rhyme. C. paradox. D. internal rhyme.
16. An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of A. admiration. B.
conspiracy. C. greatness. D, superiority.
17. More haste, less speed illustrates the use of A. anaphora. B. paradox. C. litotes. D.
synecdoche.
Read the following lines and answer question 18 to 20.
Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the
winds.
Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the|
winds
18. The mental picture evoked in the above
lines is that of A. smell and touch. B.
sight and hearing. C. taste and touch.
D. sight and taste.
19. A novel that recounts the adventures
of a likeable rogue is A. panegyric. B.
gothic. C. picaresque. D. grotesque.
20. At the fall of their house, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-
rings illustrates A. bathos. B. epigram. C. pathos. D. Oxymoron.
PART II
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25.
Marooned, Akpatse felt imprisoned. It
was fifteen days since the storm. The
flood waters were not receding; neither did Akpatse see any sign of help coming. Akpatse
could not swim the expanse of flood waters. He meditated:
When one looks upon the mountain for help and help comes from the Lord… where does the
Lord sit – In the cloud or on the mountain, or in the valley?
Well, Akpatse looked for salvation in
the distance, far across the ocean of
flood the intimidating expanse of his
great gaoler – up to where the sky and
the lips of the flood waters met in a
mocking kiss. He had forgotten the
feeling of hunger but knew he did not
have any energy. What a foolish thing
to think! He had not had any food for
days. True. But hunger never said hello from the hollow of his ‘person-tree’ as they say in his
language. Akpatse saw no help coming.
21. The narrative technique used is A. Ist person. B. dialogue. C. 3rd person. D. stream of
consciousness.
22. The reference to mountain illustrates A. allusion. B. irony. C. parallelism. D. antithesis.
23. flood waters met in a mocking kiss illustrates A. contrast. B. euphemism.
C. personification. D. litotes.
24. The overall feeling evoked by the passage is one ofA. anger. B. empathy. C. love. D. relief.
25. The last sentence conveys the mood or A. anxiety. B. despondency. C. excitement. D.
nonchalance.
Read the poem below and answer
questions 26 to 30.
Your lies are the withering strokes
still, they come from the inner recesses of your dungeoned heart. And though venomous than
the venom, they inspire
our once dociled minds to disorders even as your angels of death pass us by
with messages of hopeless hope
Did you read our mind in your lies?
We know the seat of power in a castle
of
your evil heart; where your lies are
imprisoned to be released again and
again; they are never in rain! But they
have soothed us calmly, your lies; the
war is not of you anymore, it is of the
angels who pass us by with message
of peace
26. The main theme oi the poem is A. evil of lying. B. hopeless nope. C. message of peace. D.
message of war.
27. The tone of the speaker shows A. contentment. B. helplessness. . patience. D. resilience
28. Did you read our minds in your lies? Exemplifies A. personification. B.
Oxymoron. C. pathetic fallacy. D. rhe-
torical question.
29. Bul they have soothed us calmly, your lies illustrates A. paradox. B. irony. C. synecdoche.
D. zeugma.
30. The last lines of both stanzas present A. negative but similar idcas. B. opposite ideas. C.
positive but opposile ideas. D. similar ideas.
SECTION B
Answer all the questions in this sec-
lion.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A MID-
SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Read the extract below and answer
questions 31 to 35.
Go, Philostrate, Stir up the Athenian youth to mernments;
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth;
Turn melancholy forth to funerals:
The pale companion is not for our
pomp.
Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my
sword,
And won thy love doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp, with triumph, and with
revelling
(Act I, Sccne One, Lines 12-20)
31. Who is the speaker? A. Demetrius B.4 Egeus C. Hermia D. Theseus
32. Philostrate is the A. clown of Hippolyta. B. Duke’s entertainer. C. fairy king’s cuckold. D.
rival of Puck.
33. The speaker s attitude towards melancholy is A. adoration. B. dislike. C. intolerance. D.
tolerance.
34. While the speaker is talking, A. Egeus departs. B. Flute arrives. C. the fairies sing. D.
Philostrate departs.
35. To win Hippolyta’s love, the speaker A. disowned his friends. B. had to fight against her. C.
killed his father D. sent Puck away.
Read the extract below and answer
questions 36 to 40.
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou cow-
ard, art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where
dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou
bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that
thou look’st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant,
come,
thou child:
T’ll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act 11, Scene Two, Lines 405-411)
36. Speakers X and Y are A. Demetrius and Puck. B. Lysander and Demetrius. C. Hermia and
Helena. D. Lysander and Puck.
37. Speaker Y speaks in the voice of A. Bottom. B. Demetrius. C. Oberon. D. Lysander
38. Speaker Y’s inltention is to stop a A plan. B fight. C. plot. D. flight.
39. The wars are over A. Helena. B. Titania C. Hermia D. Hippolyta.
40. Speaker Y’s speech can be described as A. cowardly. B. solemn. C. taunting. D. silly.
Read the extract below and answer
questions 41 to 45.
… seest thou this sweet sight?
Her dotage now I do begin to pity,
For meeting her of late behind the|l.
wood,
Seeking sweet favours for this hateful
fool,
I did upbraid her, and fall out with her.
For she his hairy temples then had
rounded
With coronet of fresh and fragrant
flowers;
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 42 -48)
41. The speaker is A. Egeus. B. Oberon. C. Puck. D. Theseus.
42. The relationship between the speaker and thou in the first line is one of A. companionship.
B. friendship. C. King and courtier. D. master and errand boy.
43. this sweet sight refers to A. Bottom and Titania. B. Demetrius and Helena. C. Lysander
and Hermia. D. Pyramus and Thisbe.
44. The pair are lovers by A. accident. B. fate C. design. D. fortune.
45. The speaker appears to be A. blaming himself. B. commending the addressee C. enjoying
himself. D. lamenting the sight.
Read the extract below and answer
Questions 46 lo 50.
… Man is but an ass if he go about to
expound this dream. Methought I was
there
is no man can tell
what. Methought I was, and methought
I had-
but man is
but a patched fool, if he will offer
to say what methought I
had. The eye of man hath not heard,
the ear of
man hath not
seen, man’s hand is not able to taste,
his
tongue to conceive, nor
his heart to report, what my dream
was
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 201- 207)
46. The speaker is A. Bottom. B. Puck. C. Quince. D. Peaseblossom.
47. The speaker has just come out ot A. an appalling experience. B. a nightmare. C. an
induced sleep. D. a rehearsal.
48. The architect of the speaker’s current state is A. Hippolyta. B. Oberon. C. Titania. D.
Theseus.
49. It is a state of A. deception. B. ignorance. C. illusion. D. innocence.
50. The speaker’s language is best deseribed as A. comic. B. satiric. C. conceit. D. metaphoric.
