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