POST UTME SCREENING EXERCISE 2010/2011 SESSION
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
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To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, hold
infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour, William Blake,
to see a world in a Grain of sand. The predominant figure of a speech
used in the illness above is (A) hyperbole (B) metaphor
(C) simile
(D) paradox.
the gloom will way to light, and the thomy path cleared of pain, the
storms will bow to the prompting of peace, lost moments of glory will be
restored, and strangled opportunities reborn: we;; shall yet regain the
dawn! The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of
(A) fear of change (B) anxiety and worry (C) sorrow and dejection
(D) anticipation of positive change.
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough
and stands about the woodland ride wearing white for Eastertide. A. E.
Houseman, loveliest trees, the cherry tree. In the excerpt above, the
subject matter is (A) love of trees (B) snow at Easter (C) woodland
ride (D) cherry bloom.
And so tom awoke: and we rose in the dark and got with our bags and our
brushes to work through the morning was cold, Tome was happy and
warm; so if all do their duty they need not fear harm. In the lines above,
Tom is warm because he (A) has just woken from sleep (B) is wearing
warm clothes (C) is working indoors (D) us doing his duty.
James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the
hunter, he realized that he needed bait. This turned out to be his frequent
offer of assistance to the need young women. But Buchi has proved to be
a difficult game. The more James trailed her more he realized that she
could not be easily caught. He choice of words in the passage above is
remarkable because it is (A) drawn from hunting (B) largely confusing
(C) quite appropriate (D) very difficult.
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The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of (A) Ikaki
(B) Udje (C) Etiyeri (D) Ekpe.
…those with full breast have walk out, and that leaves you, me and the
old gi rls returned home one retirement. It’s the dry season, child. The
character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in (A) front of the
verandah of Okoro’s house (B) the kitchen, upstage (C) Okoro’s front
yard, downstage (D) the direction of the Kitchen, offstage.
…great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home. Those being
ridiculed here are the (A) husbands (B) old women (C) wives (D)
spinsters.
in their fight, the women settle at Iyara in order to (A) cure cross-price
(B) hut their husbands (C) forestall reconciliation (D) seek peace.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is
(A) both
undesirable and unattainable (B) desirable but unattainable (C)
attainable and desirable (D) obnoxious but desirable
The success of the play as a comedy relies on the author’s use of (A)
stock comic characters (B) dramatic irony
(C) stage and scenic
disguise (D) comic relief.
The story of the plays would have been different but for (A) Miss
Hardcastle’s attitude towards her guest
(B) the insensitivity of Mrs.
Hardcastle
(C) Tony’s misinformation of young Marlow and Mr.
Hastings
(D) Mr. Hardcastle’s ignorance of young Marlow’s true
identity.
The use of the traditional verses form in the paly applies to (A) the
prologue, songs and the epilogue (B) male characters (C) the character
of sir Charles Marlow (D) female characters.
The Dorothy of the play is (A) young Marlow’s Mother
(B) Kate,
Hardcastle’s daughter (C) Miss Neville’s mother (D) Tony lumpkin’s
mother.
My heart thus pressing fixed my face and eye with a sententious look,
that nothing means ……. In the lines above, the speaker implies that (A)
he is being sentimental (B) his gesture means nothing (C) he is a pious
man (D) his heart is pressing against his face and eye.
In its classic form, the short story is distinguished by its (A) prosaic
conception (B) narrative form (C) resolution (D) compact plot
theatre-in-the round is employed to achieve a (A) quick resolution of
conflict spectators (D) hilarious ending.
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The author of a novel sustains readers interest through the use of (A)
suspense (B) ambiguity (C) prologue (D) anecdotes.
Face thrives on (A) big events (B) incidents (C) premonition (D)
absurdity
The writing convention in which the vents in a narrative are scrambled as
they come to the writer mind without any attempt to arrange them in
orderly sequence is called
(A) psycho-consciousness style
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narrator’s mind style (C) stream of consciousness (D) shifting style.
Allegory is used to describe a work in which (A) both animals and
humans swap roles
(B) humans are transposed into animals
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abstract ideas are personified (D) animals are given characters.
In the tragic character is the person hose experiences aroused pity and (A)
sympathy (B) terror (C) horror (D) frustration
In literary convention, aside is used to (A) distinguished between events
(B) emphasize scenes as different from acts
(C) gossip about other
characters (D) make a pointed remark.
The form of a poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the
countryside is referred to as (A) a ballad (B) an ode (C) a pastoral
(D) an elegy.
One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnet is (A) abab cded efef
gg (B) abab cded cdedee (C) abba abba cde dee (D) abba abba cde
cde
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