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(Exam) SS 1 Literature in English (1st Term)
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  • 1. Literature is a creative and..... work of art
A) comprehensive
B) imaginative
C) compulsory
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) geography
B) literature
C) prose
D) poem
  • 4. prose is written in......
A) lines
B) acts and scenes
C) chapters
D) stanzas
  • 5. ....... refer to the general idea in a story
A) background
B) theme
C) plot
D) setting
  • 6. A novel written inform of a letter is known as......
A) historic
B) gothic
C) epistolary
D) campus
  • 7. The sequential arrangement of events in a story is........
A) tone
B) subject matter
C) theme
D) plot
  • 8. A written account of another person's life is.....
A) reporter
B) biography
C) autobiography
D) pirate
  • 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) mood
C) symbol
D) atmosphere
  • 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) author
B) poet
C) prosaist
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) agonist
B) poetess
C) novelist
D) fable
  • 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) didactic
B) analytical
C) playful
D) serious
  • 17. Enjambment refers to......
A) prologue
B) educationist
C) run-on-lines
D) symbol
  • 18. A female counterpart that writes a poem is......
A) orator
B) folklore
C) poetess
D) historian
  • 19. All the following are features of prose except
A) melody
B) narrative technique
C) paragraph
D) idioms and proverbs
  • 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) folktales
D) short story
  • 22. An imaginative story is also called......
A) fiction
B) fable
C) folklore
D) non-fiction
  • 23. A story in which animals are used as characters is called ........
A) didactic
B) fable
C) folktale
D) allegory
  • 24. Fiction is derived from the Latin word "facio" meaning......
A) I make
B) they came
C) I saw
D) interesting
  • 25. one of these is not among the genres of literature
A) satire
B) poetry
C) drama
D) prose
  • 26. A four rhyming lines of a poem is......
A) tercet
B) quatrain
C) septet
D) sonnet
  • 27. A poem that makes fun of vices and folies in the society is......
A) lampoon
B) parody
C) satire
D) criticism
  • 28. A long poem about the heroic deeds of people is.......
A) chant
B) lullaby
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) campus novel
B) allegory novel
C) gothic novel
D) historic 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) feminine antagonist
B) maverick
C) Chief character
D) heroine
  • 33. The main idea of a writing or speech is to called
A) focus
B) introduction
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) comedy
C) aside
D) farce
  • 35. For maximum effect a play is acted and a poem is......
A) read aloud
B) danced
C) taught
D) mimed
  • 36. A playwright who writes exclusively for the stage is known as......
A) a dramatist
B) a stage writer
C) Wole Soyinka
D) stage man
  • 37. The aim of a satire is......
A) criticism
B) reformation
C) abuse
D) stigmatization
  • 38. The difference between a novel and a short story is.......
A) length
B) setting
C) plot
D) style
  • 39. The classification of literary works according to type is called........
A) toning
B) placement
C) grouping
D) genre
  • 40. one of the following relates most to comedy
A) horror
B) laughter
C) suspense
D) anxiety
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