FIRST TERM SS3 LITERATURE EXAMINATION
  • 1. Instruction: Choose the correct answer from the options below.

    _____ is a poem that is used to mourn the death of a person?
A) elegy
B) epic
C) lullaby
D) ode
  • 2. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    A poem of five lines is known as _____
A) quintet
B) triplet
C) couplet
D) quatrain
  • 3. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    The presentation of an unpleasant thing or experience in a pleasant way is known as ______
A) assonance
B) simile
C) hyperbole
D) euphemism
  • 4. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    The boy wet the bed and his belt". The repeated 'e' sound in this expression is an example of?
A) ) hyperbole
B) alliteration
C) vowel
D) assonance
  • 5. Instruction: Choose the correct answer from the options below.

    _____ is an introductory speech before a play.
A) epilogue
B) plot
C) diction
D) prologue
  • 6. Instruction: Choose the correct an from the options below.

    A song composed to be sung to children with a view to making them sleep is known as _____
A) epic
B) descriptive poem
C) pastoral poem
D) lullaby
  • 7. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    ______ is a figure of speech that refers to the repetition of identical vowel sounds to give a particular effect.
A) euphemism
B) alliteration
C) assonance
D) simile
  • 8. Instruction: Choose the correct answer from the options below.

    _____ is a figure of speech that gives life to inanimate objects.
A) irony
B) assonance
C) personification
D) litotes
  • 9. Instruction: Choose the correct answer from the options below.

    Who is the protagonist of the novel, "So the Path Does Not Die," by Pede Hollist?
A) Sheku
B) Salimatu
C) Fina’s mother
D) Fina
  • 10. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    The title "So the Path Does Not Die," symbolizes _____
A) Fina’s death
B) Preserving culture while challenging harmful aspects
C) Returning to Africa to live
D) Marrying within one’s tribe
  • 11. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    What is one major theme in the novel?
A) Environmental crisis
B) Cultural conflict
C) Political violence
D) Capitalism
  • 12. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    A play is a drama, because it can be ____
A) acted only in our homes
B) acted on a stage
C) watched on your phones
D) sung on an assembly
  • 13. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    The use of facial expressions and
    gestures to tell a story is ____
A) dance-drama
B) tales by moonlight
C) super stories
D) mime
  • 14. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    Another name for 'Hero' is _____
A) protagonist
B) actor
C) antagonist
D) ) heroine
  • 15. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    These except one is not true about literature.
A) Literature is entertaining and educative.
B) Literature teaches moral values.
C) Literature deals only on past events.
D) Literature can sell ideas or products.
  • 16. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    In the text, "Once Upon an Elephant," by Bosede Ademilua - Afolayan, what action did Ajanaku take regarding the land dispute?
A) He shared the land with the villagers.
B) He took over the land for himself.
C) He decided to settle the dispute fairly.
D) He abandoned the land completely.
  • 17. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    Who accused Ajanaku of taking what did not belong to him?
A) Odekunle
B) Omoyeni
C) Desola
D) Iya Agba
  • 18. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    Who is Odejimi's wife?
A) Meme
B) Desola
C) Omoyeni
D) Iyale
  • 19. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    All these are the themes in 'Once Upon an Elephant' except ____
A) dictatorship
B) rituals and festivals
C) love
D) bribery and corruption
  • 20. Instruction: Choose the correct answers from the options below.

    Indeed, the gods may confer greatness; but it is the king who enjoys it. We will not follow in the footsteps of our predecessors, and their weak approach to resolving matters. Everyone should know: ours shall mark a new beginning, and the beginning of an end that will last forever!'
    Who said this?
A) Desola
B) Iya agba
C) Serubawon
D) Ajanaku
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