(Exam) SS 1 Literature in English (1st Term)
  • 1. Literature is a creative and..... work of art
A) compulsory
B) comprehensive
C) optional
D) imaginative
  • 2. There are...... genres of literature
A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 4
  • 3. literary appreciation means analysis, criticism and understanding of......
A) poem
B) prose
C) geography
D) literature
  • 4. prose is written in......
A) acts and scenes
B) lines
C) stanzas
D) chapters
  • 5. ....... refer to the general idea in a story
A) plot
B) theme
C) background
D) setting
  • 6. A novel written inform of a letter is known as......
A) epistolary
B) historic
C) gothic
D) campus
  • 7. The sequential arrangement of events in a story is........
A) tone
B) plot
C) subject matter
D) theme
  • 8. A written account of another person's life is.....
A) pirate
B) reporter
C) biography
D) autobiography
  • 9. A true life story is.....
A) creative
B) non-fiction
C) fiction
D) imagery
  • 10. ...... refer to the emotion and condition in a story
A) tone
B) atmosphere
C) symbol
D) mood
  • 11. stanza is to poem as....... is to prose
A) act
B) chapter
C) line
D) scene
  • 12. The writer of a poem is......
A) poet
B) prosaist
C) dramatist
D) author
  • 13. She is dirty as a pig is an example of.....
A) simile
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) litotes
  • 14. The writer of a novel is......
A) novelist
B) fable
C) agonist
D) poetess
  • 15. Two rhyming lines in a poem is......
A) couplet
B) quatrain
C) tercet
D) septet
  • 16. A piece of writing which teaches morals is.......
A) analytical
B) serious
C) playful
D) didactic
  • 17. Enjambment refers to......
A) symbol
B) educationist
C) prologue
D) run-on-lines
  • 18. A female counterpart that writes a poem is......
A) folklore
B) historian
C) orator
D) poetess
  • 19. All the following are features of prose except
A) paragraph
B) idioms and proverbs
C) narrative technique
D) melody
  • 20. The location of a story is.....
A) setting
B) title
C) plot
D) theme
  • 21. A story passed on by word of mouth is.....
A) folktales
B) novel
C) short story
D) romance
  • 22. An imaginative story is also called......
A) fiction
B) fable
C) non-fiction
D) folklore
  • 23. A story in which animals are used as characters is called ........
A) allegory
B) didactic
C) fable
D) folktale
  • 24. Fiction is derived from the Latin word "facio" meaning......
A) they came
B) I make
C) I saw
D) interesting
  • 25. one of these is not among the genres of literature
A) poetry
B) prose
C) drama
D) satire
  • 26. A four rhyming lines of a poem is......
A) quatrain
B) septet
C) sonnet
D) tercet
  • 27. A poem that makes fun of vices and folies in the society is......
A) satire
B) lampoon
C) criticism
D) parody
  • 28. A long poem about the heroic deeds of people is.......
A) lullaby
B) ode
C) epic
D) chant
  • 29. Drama is written in.......
A) chapters
B) paragraphs
C) acts and scenes
D) stanzas
  • 30. One of these is not a type of novel
A) campus novel
B) historic novel
C) gothic novel
D) allegory novel
  • 31. Pick out the odd item, in relation to drama
A) episode
B) stanza
C) plot
D) character
  • 32. A female protagonist in a literary work is known as
A) heroine
B) feminine antagonist
C) maverick
D) Chief character
  • 33. The main idea of a writing or speech is to called
A) theme
B) topic
C) focus
D) introduction
  • 34. A play that is intended to be funny and usually with a happy ending is known as
A) farce
B) comedy
C) tragedy
D) aside
  • 35. For maximum effect a play is acted and a poem is......
A) read aloud
B) taught
C) danced
D) mimed
  • 36. A playwright who writes exclusively for the stage is known as......
A) a dramatist
B) stage man
C) a stage writer
D) Wole Soyinka
  • 37. The aim of a satire is......
A) stigmatization
B) criticism
C) abuse
D) reformation
  • 38. The difference between a novel and a short story is.......
A) plot
B) style
C) length
D) setting
  • 39. The classification of literary works according to type is called........
A) grouping
B) placement
C) toning
D) genre
  • 40. one of the following relates most to comedy
A) laughter
B) anxiety
C) suspense
D) horror
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