AIC SS 2 Literature in English Revision Test 2nd Term
  • 1. Morality, love and attachment are ......... in Senghor's 'Black Woman'.
A) rhymes
B) symbols
C) themes
D) literary devices
  • 2. What is the central theme of Leopold Senghor's poem 'Black Woman'.
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
  • 3. All the following are the examples of auditory imagery in 'Black Woman' except
A) solemn contralto voice
B) I sing your beauty
C) my promised land
D) carved tom tom, taut tom tom
  • 4. What is the dominant tone of 'Black Woman'
A) worshipful and dismissive
B) proud and admiring
C) playful and lighthearted
D) confident and arrogant
  • 5. How does Senghor use vivid imagery to depict the beauty of black woman?
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
  • 6. 'Many years on Wheels' The reference to 'wheels' exemplifies the use of .......... in the poem 'Government Driver on His own Retirement by Chibuike Onu
A) metonymy
B) climax
C) personification
D) synecdoche
  • 7. The poem 'caged bird was written by ........
A) John Donne
B) Maya Angelou
C) Chibuike Onu
D) Leopold Senghor
  • 8. Which of the following is not a theme in the poem 'Grieved Land of Africa'
A) The power of time
B) joy of retirement
C) The oppression of woman
D) The importance of song
  • 9. The poem 'Black Woman' has its setting in which ..........
A) Nairobi
B) England
C) Europe
D) Africa
  • 10. Enjambment is also called ...........
A) rhetorical question
B) continuation
C) run - on - lines
D) symbolism
  • 11. A literary device that creates a mental picture of a situation is ..........
A) flashback
B) imagery
C) symbolism
D) epilogue
  • 12. A couplet is formed by ....................
A) five rhyming lines of Poetry
B) two rhyming lines of Poetry
C) four rhyming lines of Poetry
D) five alternate rhyming lines
  • 13. The major theme in the poem 'Black Woman is ............
A) African land
B) Racism
C) Blackness as a subject of beauty
D) Rejection of European
  • 14. The feelings and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by .........
A) theme
B) tone
C) setting
D) plot
  • 15. A writer's choice of words is his ...........
A) tone
B) diction
C) mood
D) setting
  • 16. The dominant attitude T. S. Eliot's Journey of the magi's is
A) ambivalence
B) pessimism
C) dissatisfaction
D) disgust
  • 17. Who wrote 'The Grieved Lands of Africa'?
A) Omar Farouk Sesay
B) John Donne
C) Agustino Neto
D) Niyi Osundare
  • 18. In which of these poems were Africans made to suffer from 'the tearful woes of ancient and modern slave'?
A) Black Woman
B) The Grieved Lands of Africa
C) A Taxi Driver on His own Retirement
D) None of the above
  • 19. Of all these, which poem has its subject matter as 'celebration and danger of drink-and - drive culture'?
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
  • 20. Which poem is evidently set in post - colonial African country where government becomes me the major source of employment?
A) A and B
B) Government Driver on His own Retirement
C) Raider of the Treasure Trove
D) Neither A nor B
  • 21. One of these is not among the themes of 'Caged Bird'
A) live is evil
B) growth and maturity
C) music as a channel for emotional discharge, action and freedom
D) limitation
  • 22. .............. is a poem set in twentieth American century
A) Bat
B) Caged bird
C) Good Morrow
D) Binsey Poplars
  • 23. The dominant figure of speech here is : 'tyranny of time' is ...........
A) simile
B) pun
C) alliteration
D) bathos
  • 24. One of these is not a theme in 'Grieved Lands of Africa'
A) Africa as land of grieve
B) Hope in adversity
C) Slavery :ancient and modern
D) The problem of leadership in Africa
  • 25. Which animal is usually featured in African folktales as a symbol of cunning
A) Tortoise
B) Lion
C) Elephant
D) Rabbit
  • 26. What is the feature of African folktales?
A) Outer space
B) Animal characters
C) Technology
D) Modern city life
  • 27. The following relates most to comedy
A) anxiety
B) horror
C) suspense
D) laughter
  • 28. The most intense part of a literary work is also called
A) epic
B) climax
C) resolution
D) peak
  • 29. The classification of literary works according to type is called ...........
A) genre
B) toning
C) group
D) placement
  • 30. The aim of satire is ................
A) abuse
B) reformation
C) criticism
D) stigmatization
  • 31. A type of literature that describes imaginary people and events ......
A) . pastoral
B) fiction
C) epic
D) imagery
  • 32. In the stage act of a play, the following is absent .........
A) preface
B) direction
C) setting
D) plot
  • 33. A playwright who writes exclusively for the stage is known as ..........
A) a stage writer
B) a dramatist
C) Wole Soyinka
D) stage man
  • 34. for maximum effect a play is acted and a poem is ..........
A) taught
B) read aloud
C) mimed
D) danced
  • 35. Through which means are African folktales usually passed from one generation to another
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
  • 36. Which of the following is not a lesson that can be learnt from African folktales
A) The benefits of technology and modernization
B) The value of hard work and preserverance
C) The importance of bravery and courage
  • 37. Poetry is defined by ...........
A) plot and setting
B) suspence
C) preponderance of figures of speech
D) evocation of feeling and imagination
  • 38. A type of poem which tells a story in the form of a song is a (an)
A) elegy
B) ballad
C) dirge
D) ode
  • 39. The odd item here is ..........
A) tragedy
B) burlesque
C) pantomime
D) epigram
  • 40. In African folktales, animals are usually portrayed in the various ways except
A) cunning and deceitful
B) wise and helpful
C) Animals are never portrayed in African
D) aggressive and dangerous
  • 41. one of these best describes a folktales
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
  • 42. A play written for stage act is known as ...........
A) playlet
B) act
C) drama
D) scene
  • 43. Setting is used in a play to create atmosphere or .........
A) structure
B) scenery
C) beauty
D) mood
  • 44. Traditional poetry usually comes from ......
A) songs
B) pantomimes
C) dances
D) mimes
  • 45. A personal account of one's own life in a book is known as
A) autobiography
B) anaphora
C) personification
D) narration
  • 46. A female protagonist in a literary work is known as........
A) feminine antagonist
B) heroine
C) Chief character
D) maverick
  • 47. The summary towards the end of a play is known as
A) closing remarks
B) epilogue
C) prologue
D) soliloquy
  • 48. Poetry without a regular rhythm or rhyme is a good called ...........
A) blank verse
B) iambic
C) free verse
D) run - on
  • 49. Turning or expression a piece of writing in verse form is a called
A) stanzas
B) rhythm formation
C) rhyming scheme
D) verification
  • 50. A published collection of poems by different poets is known as
A) amalgam
B) poetry
C) edit
D) anthology
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