A) rhymes B) symbols C) themes D) literary devices
A) the beauty of African landscape B) The celebration of cultural heritage and African identity C) the weakness of black woman in the face of adversity D) the remembrance of forgotten African heroes
A) solemn contralto voice B) I sing your beauty C) my promised land D) carved tom tom, taut tom tom
A) worshipful and dismissive B) proud and admiring C) playful and lighthearted D) confident and arrogant
A) by contrasting their beauty with that of woman from another culture B) by comparing them to natural elements and symbols of African culture C) by revealing their past achievements D) by describing their physical features in explicit detail
A) metonymy B) climax C) personification D) synecdoche
A) John Donne B) Maya Angelou C) Chibuike Onu D) Leopold Senghor
A) The power of time B) joy of retirement C) The oppression of woman D) The importance of song
A) Nairobi B) England C) Europe D) Africa
A) rhetorical question B) continuation C) run - on - lines D) symbolism
A) flashback B) imagery C) symbolism D) epilogue
A) five rhyming lines of Poetry B) two rhyming lines of Poetry C) four rhyming lines of Poetry D) five alternate rhyming lines
A) African land B) Racism C) Blackness as a subject of beauty D) Rejection of European
A) theme B) tone C) setting D) plot
A) tone B) diction C) mood D) setting
A) ambivalence B) pessimism C) dissatisfaction D) disgust
A) Omar Farouk Sesay B) John Donne C) Agustino Neto D) Niyi Osundare
A) Black Woman B) The Grieved Lands of Africa C) A Taxi Driver on His own Retirement D) None of the above
A) The Song of the Woman of my Land and B) The Good Morrow C) A Government Driver on His own Retirement D) None of the above
A) A and B B) Government Driver on His own Retirement C) Raider of the Treasure Trove D) Neither A nor B
A) live is evil B) growth and maturity C) music as a channel for emotional discharge, action and freedom D) limitation
A) Bat B) Caged bird C) Good Morrow D) Binsey Poplars
A) simile B) pun C) alliteration D) bathos
A) Africa as land of grieve B) Hope in adversity C) Slavery :ancient and modern D) The problem of leadership in Africa
A) Tortoise B) Lion C) Elephant D) Rabbit
A) Outer space B) Animal characters C) Technology D) Modern city life
A) anxiety B) horror C) suspense D) laughter
A) epic B) climax C) resolution D) peak
A) genre B) toning C) group D) placement
A) abuse B) reformation C) criticism D) stigmatization
A) . pastoral B) fiction C) epic D) imagery
A) preface B) direction C) setting D) plot
A) a stage writer B) a dramatist C) Wole Soyinka D) stage man
A) taught B) read aloud C) mimed D) danced
A) They are only written and never spoken B) They are broadcasted on radio and television C) They are performed as plays in threater D) They are passed down through generations by word of mouth
A) The benefits of technology and modernization B) The value of hard work and preserverance C) The importance of bravery and courage
A) plot and setting B) suspence C) preponderance of figures of speech D) evocation of feeling and imagination
A) elegy B) ballad C) dirge D) ode
A) tragedy B) burlesque C) pantomime D) epigram
A) cunning and deceitful B) wise and helpful C) Animals are never portrayed in African D) aggressive and dangerous
A) A story passed down verbally from one generation to another teaching morals and cultural beliefs B) A story written by a famous African author C) A story set in Africa D) A story with magical elements
A) playlet B) act C) drama D) scene
A) structure B) scenery C) beauty D) mood
A) songs B) pantomimes C) dances D) mimes
A) autobiography B) anaphora C) personification D) narration
A) feminine antagonist B) heroine C) Chief character D) maverick
A) closing remarks B) epilogue C) prologue D) soliloquy
A) blank verse B) iambic C) free verse D) run - on
A) stanzas B) rhythm formation C) rhyming scheme D) verification
A) amalgam B) poetry C) edit D) anthology |