English Revision Quiz

1. Who is the author of the lesson "Chased By Bees"?

• a. Mary Shelley

• b. C H Donald

• c. E F Martin

• d. Isaac Asimov

2. "Turning _______, I made my way through the still sleeping village of ______."

• a. northward, Illinois

• b. southward,

  Lokoja

• c. eastward,

  Illinois

• westward,

  Lokoja

3. "I had not gone very far when I heard the words 'Massa! Massa!' coming in an awed undertone from behind me." Who said these words?

• a. The narrator

• b. Thomas

• c. The big bad monkey

• d. The swarm of bees

4. The meaning of the word "eminence".

• a. an area of high ground

• b. an area of less ground

• c. an area of more ground

• d. an area of low ground

5. "I suddenly noticed that the murmur had become a strange, indefinable roar, and then I knew!" What was the sound?

• a. Roaring of a lion

• b. Screeching of an ape

• c. Buzzing of bees

• d. Buzzing of a mosquito

6. What were the two rivers of the Great valley?

• a. Niger and Congo

• b. Nile and Benue

• c. Congo and Benue

• d. Niger and Benue

7. "Winding ever upward through rocky glades, we reached what I have always called the "____________".

• a. House of Lokoja

• b. Roof of Lokoja

• c. Roof of Kogi

• d. House of Kogi

8. The meaning of the word "ponderous".

• a. slow and thoughtful

• b. fast and thoughtful

• c. fast and thoughtless

• d. slow and thoughtless

9. "I soon found that Thomas and I were the centre of a circle of ______ eyes."

• a. beady

• b. covered

• c. hideous

• d. inquiring

10. "The synonym of the word arduous is easy" True or False?

• a. True

• B. False

• C. Don't know

• D. None