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SS1 Literature Exams Past questions Questions – 1st Term

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SS1 Literature Exams Past questions Questions - 1st Term
SS1 Literature Exams Past questions Questions - 1st Term

SS1 Literature Exams Past questions Questions – 1st Term. Get complete SS1 Past questions and answers- covering objective questions, unseen pros and drama, essays.

1st TERM EXAMINATION

CLASS: SSS ONE                                

SUBJECT: LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH

TIME: 2hrs

OBJECTIVE TEST SECTION A PART 1

  1. A narrative in the oral tradition that may include legend and fables is ….A. ballad B. pastoral C. folktale D. romance
  2. A short poem written on a tomb is a/an   A. dirge B. panegyric C. epigram D. epitaph
  3. A-short speech at the beginning of a literary work which serves as commentary is a/an  A. monologue B. prologue C. dialogue D. epilogue
  4. Pick the odd item A. tragedy B. comedy C. stanza D. farce
  5. A long narrative which depicts country life is a/an A. ballad B. epic C. ode D. pastoral
  6. Any literary work which holds up society to ridicule is a –A. satire B. fable C. lampoon D. limerick
  7. One of the following is not an African poet A. Lenrie Peters B. Thomas Gray C. J.p Clark D. Syl.Dheney-Coker
  8. The lawyer addressed the bench is an example of A. simile B. oxymoron C. alliteration D. metonymy
  9. A poem expressing grief on the death of a person is a/an A. epic B. elegy C. ode D. ballad

10.’’Death lays his icy hands on king’; is an example of  A. metaphor B. paradox C. hyperbole D. personification

  1. Pick the odd item  A. Structure B .mood C. style D. chapter
  2. A recurrent image in a literary work that illustrates theme is A. symbol B. dramatic irony C. motif D. pathetic fall
  3. Diction is a writer’s choice of  A. styles B. plot C. theme D. Words

14.’’Enjambment’’ is the poetic term referring to the uses of A. run-on lines B. rhyme lines C. rhythm D. meter

  1. Stanza refers to …in a poem A. devices B. Lines C. sections D. divisions

16.’’Life is an empty dream ‘’ illustrates the use of A. synecdoche B. peripeteia C. litotes D. allusion

  1. The term used for the unraveling of the complication of the plot at the end of a literary work is  A. climax B. denouement C. conflict D. tension
  2. Pick the odd item  A. elegy B. ballad C. metaphor D. Ode
  3. The feelings and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by A. mood B. style C. theme D. setting
  4. An author’s story about himself is a/an  A. biography B. essay c. diary D. autobiography

 

PART II    UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the extract below and answer question 21-25.

His mid flitted back memory lane…He remembered how time walked quietly in, like a thief in the night, and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life’s sweat, drained away by the strife. He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.

  1. The mood of the extract is one of  A. gloom B. Serenity C. anxiety D. indifference
  2. The extract is about A. armed robbery B. ritual killings C. the tragedy of war D. the tragedy of oppression
  3. The dominant literary device used is A. metaphor B. repetition C. simile D. personification

24.’’…a tender rose ‘’ is an example of a/an A. personification B. imagery C. symbolism D. metaphor

25.’’…put a sword in the heart of the land ‘’implies A. murder B. danger C. strife D. destruction.

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Read the Poem below and answer Questions 26-30.

Move him into the sun

Gently its touch awoke him once,

At home, whispering of field unsown

Always it woke him even in France

Until this morning arid this snow

If anything might rouse him now

This kind old sun will know…

 

Think how it wakes the seeds

Woke, once, the clays of a cold star

Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides,

Full-nerved still warm too hard to stir

 

  1. The poem is a/an A: elegy B. epic C. sonnet D. Lyric
  2. One of the dominants literary devices used in the poem is A. hyperbole B. simile C. assonance D. metaphor
  3. The theme of  poem is the…….. of  life A. vanity B. creation C. distortion D. utility
  4. The mood in the last two lines is of A. surprise B. lament C. uncertainty D. indifference
  5. The dominant images are associated with A. death B. nature C. life D. age

 

SECTION B. WOLE SOYINKA: The Lion and The Jewel

Read the extract below and answer question 31- 35

  1. The two characters that symbolize the lion and the jewel respectively are A. Lakunle and Sidi B. Baroka and Sadiku C. Sadiku and Sidi D. Baroka and Sidi
  2. Which of the following division is used as ‘a technical device to denote the symbolic significance of certain events. A. Day, Morning and Afternoon B. Morning, Noon and night C. Morning, Evening and Midnight D. Mid-day, Midnight and morning

‘This is the words of women. A this moment our star sits in the center of the sky

We are supreme’

  1. These words were spoken by A. The favorite  B. Sadiku C. Sidi D. The third girl
  2. The Bala is symbolically referred to as a fox because of his A. mental prowess B. Sexual prowess C. physical prowess D. royalty
  3. Which of the following traits will apply to Lakunle
  4. comic and absurd B. stupid and simplistic C. pompous and spontaneous D. decisive and bold
  5. ——- is a poem sung to children to lull them to sleep. A atmosphere B. epic C. lullaby D. Ballad
  6. The following are features of poetry except. A. subject matter B. enjambment C. rhyme scheme D. ode
  7. A writer’s choice of words is his ______A.  diction B. mood C. tone D. setting

 

 

Read the extract below and answer questions 39-42

These are our days of celebrations

The beginning scenes in newness

The beginning of joy

The beginning of limitless prosperity

The beginning of favor and announcement

  1. Lines 2 to five exemplify……A. litotes B. anaphora C. ode D. euphemism
  2. The tone and mood of the excerpt reveal all but…….A. melancholy B. hope C. joy D. fulfillment
  3. The major device employed in line 2 is A. alliteration B. assonance C. onomatopoeia D. pun
  4. The versification of this line is called A. quartet B. couplet C. octave D. quintet

 

Read the excerpt below and answer questions 43-46

I have swam through streams

I have also swam through many rivers

I have seen hundred so what is ninety-nine?

I have found diamonds, gold, pearls and sea- shells.

I left all behind and the waves brought me to this happy shore.

 

  1. The major theme of this stanza is all but…..A. experience  B .life C. achievement D. fear
  2. The figurative device used most here is A. symbolism B. personification C. hyperbole D. irony
  3. The emboldened exemplifies A. zeugma B. anaphora C. rhetorical question D. litotes
  4. The underlined is an example of A.  litotes B. bathos C. climax D. hyperbole

Read the excerpt below and answer questions 47 -50

Bella is a beautiful duck .Bella is like diamond to Ella. Ella adores her and Bella loves Ella too. Bella adds cash to her mistress’ earnings. Her eggs offer much relief especially during breakfast.. Her ducklings also add weight to Ella’s purse when sold. However when Bellas tries to sleep, Bellas always chooses to go quack, quack quacking with her ducklings so loudly…….

 

  1. This piece of writing achieves sound effect through the use of….A. onomatopoeia B. assonance C. Alliteration D. end rhymes
  2. The underlined also shows that Ella is made……..A. richer B. angry C. weaker D. poorer
  3. Bella is like diamonds is an example of……A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. contract
  4. The dominant style employed in the above is A. narrative B. poetic C. expository D ballad

 

SECTION B: THEORY

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER Three Questions only. Number one (1) Question is compulsory.

  1. Discuss the roles and significance of these characters; (i). Lakunle (ii).Sidi (iii). Baroka (iv). Sadiku   (in the Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka)
  2. ‘The Grieved Lands of Africa’ is considered an optimistic poem. Discuss
  3. (a) List and explain five (5) Kinds of poetry. Give copious examples.
  4. (b)  Mention five  features of poetry
  5. Mention and explain five (5) literary devices in Bat by D.H Lawrence

4b. write short notes on any five of the following:

  1. panegyric
  2. flashback
  • suspense
  1. foreshadowing
  2. aside
  3. Haiku
  • Deus ex machina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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