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Literature-in-English

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote "The Lands of Africa"?

a)

Agustino Neto

b)

Omar Farouk Sesay

c)

Niyi Osundare

d)

John Donne

2.

Which of these poems recalls the centuries of the anguish suffered in the hands of European both in Europe and Africa?

a)

"The Song of the Women of my Land"

b)

"The Good Morrow"

c)

"The Grieved Lands of Africa"

d)

The Leader and the Led "

3.

In which of these poems were Africans made to suffer from "the tearful woes of ancient and and modern slave"?

a)

"Black Woman"

b)

"The Grieved Lands of Africa"

c)

"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"

d)

None of the above

4.

Of all these, which poem has its subject matter as "the plight of the peasant women in traditional African society".

a)

"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"

b)

"The Leader and the Led"

c)

"The Lion and the Jewel"

d)

"The Song of the Women of my Land"

5.

Of all these, which poem has its subject matter as "celebration and the danger of drink-and-drive culture"?

a)

"The Good Morrow"

b)

"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"

c)

"The Song of the Women of my Land"

d)

None of the above

6.

Which of these poets is from Ghana?

a)

Chibuike Onu

b)

Omar Farouk Sesay

c)

Niyi Osundare

d)

Lade Wosornu

7.

The physical setting of "The Song of the Women of my Land" _____ while its time setting is _________.

a)

The countryside in Northern Sierra Leone, the distant past

b)

The countryside in Angola, the colonial period

c)

Nigeria, the colonial period

d)

A and B

8.

Which poem is evidently set in a post-colonial African country where government becomes a major source of employment?

a)

"Raider of the Treasure Trove"

b)

"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"

c)

A and B

d)

Neither A nor B

9.

"The Good Morrow" is set in ________.

a)

the post-colonial African country

b)

England, around the sixteenth century

c)

Europe, around the twentieth century

d)

America, in the twentieth century

10.

Which is not one of the themes of "Bat"?

a)

The beauty in nature

b)

The right to individual choice

c)

Having an in-depth knowledge of the elements of nature is good for humans

d)

Growth and maturity

11.

Which is not among the themes in "The Good Morrow"?

a)

Life is empty without true love

b)

The power of true love

c)

The benefits of limitation

d)

The futility and vanity of life

12.

One of these is not among the themes of "Caged Bird"?

a)

Growth and maturity

b)

Life is evil

c)

Limitation

d)

Music as a channel for emotional discharge, action and freedom

13.

______ is a poem set in the the twentieth-century America.

a)

"Bat"

b)

"The Good Morrow"

c)

"Caged Bird"

d)

"Journey of the Magi"

14.

The expression "Swallow?", as used in line 18 "Bat", is an example of _______.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

paradox

d)

rhetorical question

15.

One distinguished features of "Bat" as a song is ______.

a)

rhyme

b)

dialogue

c)

refrain

d)

None of the above

16.

Which is not a theme in "Raider of the Treasure Trove"?

a)

The danger of drink-and-, drive culture

b)

Destructive power of rage

c)

The ultimate goal of existence

d)

B and C only

17.

One of these is not a theme in "The Grieved Lands of Africa"?

a)

Hope in adversity

b)

Slavery: ancient and modern

c)

The problem of leadership in Africa

d)

Africa as land of grief

18.

The dominant figure of speech here: "tyranny of time" is ____.

a)

oxymoron

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

bathos

19.

The expression" a hybrid of habits" in "The Leader and the Led" suggests _______

a)

a leader that is good and gentle

b)

a leader that is tough and unyielding

c)

a leader that is powerful and soft

d)

a leader that is unyielding and unbending

20.

"When the tired flower of Florence is in gloom" and line 4 of "Bat" indicates the use of _______.

a)

rhetorical question

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

none of the above