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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) 3
B) 5
C) 2
D) 4
  • 3. literary appreciation means analysis, criticism and understanding of......
A) poem
B) prose
C) literature
D) geography
  • 4. prose is written in......
A) acts and scenes
B) lines
C) stanzas
D) chapters
  • 5. ....... refer to the general idea in a story
A) plot
B) background
C) setting
D) theme
  • 6. A novel written inform of a letter is known as......
A) campus
B) epistolary
C) historic
D) gothic
  • 7. The sequential arrangement of events in a story is........
A) subject matter
B) tone
C) theme
D) plot
  • 8. A written account of another person's life is.....
A) biography
B) pirate
C) reporter
D) autobiography
  • 9. A true life story is.....
A) fiction
B) imagery
C) creative
D) non-fiction
  • 10. ...... refer to the emotion and condition in a story
A) tone
B) symbol
C) atmosphere
D) mood
  • 11. stanza is to poem as....... is to prose
A) scene
B) act
C) chapter
D) line
  • 12. The writer of a poem is......
A) poet
B) prosaist
C) dramatist
D) author
  • 13. She is dirty as a pig is an example of.....
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) litotes
D) personification
  • 14. The writer of a novel is......
A) fable
B) novelist
C) poetess
D) agonist
  • 15. Two rhyming lines in a poem is......
A) quatrain
B) tercet
C) septet
D) couplet
  • 16. A piece of writing which teaches morals is.......
A) playful
B) analytical
C) didactic
D) serious
  • 17. Enjambment refers to......
A) run-on-lines
B) symbol
C) educationist
D) prologue
  • 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) idioms and proverbs
B) paragraph
C) melody
D) narrative technique
  • 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) romance
B) novel
C) folktales
D) short story
  • 22. An imaginative story is also called......
A) non-fiction
B) fable
C) folklore
D) fiction
  • 23. A story in which animals are used as characters is called ........
A) fable
B) folktale
C) allegory
D) didactic
  • 24. Fiction is derived from the Latin word "facio" meaning......
A) I make
B) they came
C) interesting
D) I saw
  • 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) sonnet
B) septet
C) quatrain
D) tercet
  • 27. A poem that makes fun of vices and folies in the society is......
A) satire
B) parody
C) lampoon
D) criticism
  • 28. A long poem about the heroic deeds of people is.......
A) ode
B) lullaby
C) chant
D) epic
  • 29. Drama is written in.......
A) paragraphs
B) stanzas
C) chapters
D) acts and scenes
  • 30. One of these is not a type of novel
A) allegory novel
B) campus novel
C) gothic novel
D) historic novel
  • 31. Pick out the odd item, in relation to drama
A) plot
B) character
C) episode
D) stanza
  • 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) theme
B) introduction
C) topic
D) focus
  • 34. A play that is intended to be funny and usually with a happy ending is known as
A) tragedy
B) farce
C) comedy
D) aside
  • 35. For maximum effect a play is acted and a poem is......
A) mimed
B) danced
C) read aloud
D) taught
  • 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) criticism
B) reformation
C) abuse
D) stigmatization
  • 38. The difference between a novel and a short story is.......
A) plot
B) style
C) setting
D) length
  • 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) anxiety
C) laughter
D) suspense
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