Mock Test

Literature - in-English

1. A single-act play is an example of

A comedy.

B. farce.

C. melodrama.

D.opera.

E. playlet

2. An account of a person's life written by himself is called

A. autobiography.

B. biography.

C. citation.

D. memoir.

E. profile.

3. A play that evokes horrific and grave atmosphere is best classified as

A. comedy.

B. farce.

C. satire.

D. tragedy.

E. tragi-comedy.

4. Poetry depends largely on literary presentation. for

B. metre

C. mood

D. rhythm

E. tone

5. A dramatist can also be called a/an

A. actor.

B. author.

C. novelist.

D. playwright.

E poet

6. "The aroma of her food took my breathe away" exemplifies the use of

A. hyperbole

B. irony.

C. parable.

D. personification.

E. simile.

7. The principal female character in a novel is called a/an

A. actress.

B. clown.

C. hero.

D. heroine.
E. villain.

8. Poetic drama is wholly written in

A. metre.

B. rhyme.

C. rhythm.

D. stanza.

E. verse

9. A character that grows with the story line is described as

A. foil.

B. major.

C. minor.

D. round.

E. major

10. Prose is to narration what drama is to

A. acting.

B. chanting.

C. reading.

D. recitation.

E. singing.

11. When a narrator ends a story where he had earlier began, the plot is said to be

A. cyclical.
B. lineal.

C. logical.

D. organic.

E. shifting.

12. "She lived a lovely life" exemplifies the use of

A. alliteration.

B. assonance.

C. pun.

D. repetition.

E. rhyme.

13. The concluding part of a Shakespearean sonnet is a/a

A. couplet.

B. octave.

C. quatrain.

D. quintet.

E. tercet.

14. The use of repeated signs to represent thoughts or ideas of a writer is

A. diction.

B. mime.

C. motif.

D. puppetry.

E. style
15. An indirect reference made to another literary work or field of human endeavour is

A. allusion.

B. Euphemism

C. irony.

D. litotes.

E. metaphor

16. A literary work that seeks to ridicule events or people in order to cause a change is a/an

A. allegory.

B. fable.

C. gothic.

D. myth.

E. satire.

17. An author's use of words is referred to as

A. dialogue.

B. diction.

C. language.

D. symbol.

E. tone.

18. The device through which differences in opinions and ideas are

brought out in a literary work is

A. antithesis.
B. irony.

C. metaphor.

D. oxymoron.

E. pun.

19. A literary device used to predict future occurrence is called

A. flash across.

B. flashback.

C. foreshadowing.

D. interlude.

E. prologue.

20. An amusing interlude inserted in the middle of a tragic play is called

A. aside.

B. comic relief.

C contrast.

D. flashback.

E. soliloquy.

21. Which of the following is not a feature of poetry?

A. Lines

B. Scenes

C.Stanzas

D. Tone

E. Verses
22. The Highest point in a literary work is

A. climax.

B. epilogue.

C. prologue.

D. resolution.

E. suspense.

23. The moment a protagonist realizes his tragic flaw in a play is

A. anagnorisis.

B. anticlimax.

C. catharsis.

D. climax.

E. denouement

24. "Her feet are as cold as ice!" is an example of

A. hyperbole.

B. metaphor.

C. oxymoron.

D. personification.

E. simile.

25. "Dinner tonight comes with gun wounds" implies that the dinner is going to be

A. chaotic.

B. colourful.
C. peaceful.

D. sorrowful

E. sumptuous

26. "Omon said that the king was roaring like a lion" illustrates the use of

A. metaphor.

B. metonymy.

C onomatopoeia.

D. personification.

E. simile.

27. The art of communicating through movements and gestures is

A. aside.

B. dialogue.

C. mime.

D. monologue.

E. soliloquy.

28. A momentric respite in-between two dramatic actions can be referred to as

A. conflict

B. epilogue

C. interlude.

D. resolution.

E. suspense.
29. The resolution of a conflict in a play is

A. Anti- climax

B. Climax

C. Denouement

D. Dues ex machina

E. Suspense

30. "Black Woman" by Léopold Sédar Senghor is an example of a _______ poem.

A lyrical.

B. negritudist.

C. pastoral.

D. romantic.

E. traditional.

*UNSEEN PROSE*

_Read the passage below and answer questions *31-35* ._

It was in the middle of the night. A thief stole across to the house where Edun and his little sister lay
sleeping. He tried to make no sound, but the dead leaves by one of the windows crackled a little as he
trod on them.

He paused low a couple of seconds. Then he went up to the door to try to force it open. Meanwhile,
inside the house, Edun had woken up and had seen the man shaking the burglary proof of his window.
He was very afraid; but he got out of bed and went quietly to his little sister's room.

31. In the passage "he" indicates the use of ________ narrative technique
A. epistolary

B. first-person

C. omniscient

D. second-person

E stream of consciousness

32. The mood of the narrative is that of _________.

A. anxiety

B. emotion

C. gloomy

D. quietness

E. tension

33. The underlined expression exemplifies the use of

A. apostrophe.

B. imagery.

C. onomatopoeia.

D. personification.

E. simile

34. The passage is _____ in nature.

A. argumentative

B. descriptive

C. discursive

D. expository
E. narrative

35. The theme of the passage is

A. care of siblings.

B. Edun's fearfulness.

C. leaves' betrayal.

D. terrorism.

E. theft.

*UNSEEN POETRY*

*Read the poem below and answer questions 36-40.*

Back in my hometown, the boys all swim Far out of the stream, to board the boat as they pass By, and
the good on deck, help to hand Us up the bows. Oh it's fun to jumpon over board And climb on again,
out and in, out And in to the loud cheers of the sailors till The last puff of smoke is out among the
clouds

Above the trees many bends away. Then, And only then it is time to take the final plunge,

Your arms full of gifts from the kind captain.

And his men. And there is no need then to give A stroke because you are lying tired on your back And
your soft, ceol bed, the stream itself, bearing You back into town, smoothly, softly and safely.

36. The poem is a/an

B. quatrain.

C. septet.

D. sonnet.

E. tercet

37. The poem is

A. argumentative

B. descriptive

C. dramatic.

D. expository.

E. narrative.

38. The use of "smoothly, softly and safely" is an example of _________

A. alliteration.

B. assonance.

C. consonance.

D. dissonance.

E. onomatopoeia

39. The mood of the poem is that of

A. anxiety.

B. disagreement.

C. disappointment.

D. excitement.
E. fulfament.

40. The tone of the poem is that of

A. anger.

B. cheerfulness.

C. fulfilment.

D. jubilation.

E. regret.