WorksheetsLiterature-in-English
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who wrote "The Lands of Africa"?
Agustino Neto
Omar Farouk Sesay
Niyi Osundare
John Donne
Which of these poems recalls the centuries of the anguish suffered in the hands of European both in Europe and Africa?
"The Song of the Women of my Land"
"The Good Morrow"
"The Grieved Lands of Africa"
The Leader and the Led "
In which of these poems were Africans made to suffer from "the tearful woes of ancient and and modern slave"?
"Black Woman"
"The Grieved Lands of Africa"
"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"
None of the above
Of all these, which poem has its subject matter as "the plight of the peasant women in traditional African society".
"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"
"The Leader and the Led"
"The Lion and the Jewel"
"The Song of the Women of my Land"
Of all these, which poem has its subject matter as "celebration and the danger of drink-and-drive culture"?
"The Good Morrow"
"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"
"The Song of the Women of my Land"
None of the above
Which of these poets is from Ghana?
Chibuike Onu
Omar Farouk Sesay
Niyi Osundare
Lade Wosornu
The physical setting of "The Song of the Women of my Land" _____ while its time setting is _________.
The countryside in Northern Sierra Leone, the distant past
The countryside in Angola, the colonial period
Nigeria, the colonial period
A and B
Which poem is evidently set in a post-colonial African country where government becomes a major source of employment?
"Raider of the Treasure Trove"
"A Taxi Driver on His Retirement"
A and B
Neither A nor B
"The Good Morrow" is set in ________.
the post-colonial African country
England, around the sixteenth century
Europe, around the twentieth century
America, in the twentieth century
Which is not one of the themes of "Bat"?
The beauty in nature
The right to individual choice
Having an in-depth knowledge of the elements of nature is good for humans
Growth and maturity
Which is not among the themes in "The Good Morrow"?
Life is empty without true love
The power of true love
The benefits of limitation
The futility and vanity of life
One of these is not among the themes of "Caged Bird"?
Growth and maturity
Life is evil
Limitation
Music as a channel for emotional discharge, action and freedom
______ is a poem set in the the twentieth-century America.
"Bat"
"The Good Morrow"
"Caged Bird"
"Journey of the Magi"
The expression "Swallow?", as used in line 18 "Bat", is an example of _______.
alliteration
metaphor
paradox
rhetorical question
One distinguished features of "Bat" as a song is ______.
rhyme
dialogue
refrain
None of the above
Which is not a theme in "Raider of the Treasure Trove"?
The danger of drink-and-, drive culture
Destructive power of rage
The ultimate goal of existence
B and C only
One of these is not a theme in "The Grieved Lands of Africa"?
Hope in adversity
Slavery: ancient and modern
The problem of leadership in Africa
Africa as land of grief
The dominant figure of speech here: "tyranny of time" is ____.
oxymoron
alliteration
simile
bathos
The expression" a hybrid of habits" in "The Leader and the Led" suggests _______
a leader that is good and gentle
a leader that is tough and unyielding
a leader that is powerful and soft
a leader that is unyielding and unbending
"When the tired flower of Florence is in gloom" and line 4 of "Bat" indicates the use of _______.
rhetorical question
metaphor
personification
none of the above
