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