Quiz Round 1 Senior Category

 The essential function of tragedy is to make people

• (A) Laugh at mankind

• (B) Think and feel more deeply

• (C) Think and laugh

• (D)Know their enemies

 What is the position held by Christopher Oriko?

• (A) Director of the State Research Council (SRC).

• (B) Editor of the National Gazette.

• (C) Commissioner for Education.

• (D) Commissioner for Information

"Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa. No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them." Who said the above in "The Gods Are Not To Blame"?

• (A) Odewale

• (B) Iya aburo

• (C) Ojuola

• (D) Third chief

In the novel "The Anthills of the Savannah", which word best describes the feelings of the cabinet members towards his Excellency?

• (A) Frightened

• (B)  Saddened

• (C)  Proud

• (D)  Impressed

 The two villages in the novel "The Great Ponds" are at logger heads over a fishing pond named

• (A) Wagugu ponds

• (B) Wagaba ponds

• (C) Nwangwu ponds

• (D) Wabga ponds

6.  The time and place that a story took place is called

• (A)   Location

• (B) Plot

• (C) Theme

• (D) Setting

In "The Great Ponds", the two warriors caught by Orumba are----and ----

• (A) Wago the lion and chief Aliakoro the warrior

• (B) Wago the leopard and Chief Aliakoro the lion

• (C) Wago the king and Chief Aliakoro the king

• (D) Wago the leopard killer and Chief Aliakoro the warrior

Who is referred to as the 'blind bat' in the play "The Gods Are Not To Blame"?

• A) The first chief

• B) Odewale

• C) The third chief

• D) Baba Fakunle

 What did the people of Abazon do to anger the President? 

• (A) They voted against his becoming President for life.

• (B) They tried to overthrow him.

• (C) They took over a neighboring territory, brutally murdering the inhabitants.

• (D) They wanted to become an independent state.

What does SRC stand for in the novel?

• (A) School Resource Centre

• (B) State Research Council

• (C) Sulphate Resistant Cement

• (D) Student Representative Council