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