Literature Post Utme questions

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1.  When literature recreates real events, it is said to be __.
(A)  didactic  
(B)  factual  
(C)  fictitious  
(D)  allegorical
2.  When literature teaches moral lessons, it is said to be __.
(A)  instructive  
(B)  informative  
(C)  didactic  
(D)  dynamic
3.  One of the following is not a function of literature.
(A)  Inciting  
(B)  Entertaining      
(C)  Correcting  
(D)  Exposing
4.  As a medium for exposing and correcting ills in the society literature is __.
(A)  allegorical  
(B)  satirical      
(C)  political    
(D)  abusive
5.  Literature is referred to as a slice of life when it __.
(A)  recounts real event  
(B)  entertains its audience
(C)  reveals reality in society  
(D)  accuses leaders of insensitiveness
6.  The time of the events in a literary text is referred to as __ setting.
(A)  special  
(B)  spatial  
(C)  temporary  
(D)  temporal
7.  What distinguishes drama from other literary genres is that it is meant to be __.
(A)  read  
(B)  acted  
(C)  recited  
(D)  viewed
8.  The writer of a play text is referred to as__.
(A)  playwriter  
(B)  playwrite  
(C)   playright  
(D)  playwright
9.  The major divisions of a novel is called __.  
(A)  chapter  
(B)  stanza  
(C)  act  
(D)  scene
10.  The perspective from which the story in a novel is narrated is referred to as__.
(A)  angle  
(B)  focus  
(C)  technique  
(D)  point of view


11.  A misuse of a word in place of another one due to similarity in their sounds is known as __.
(A) error  
(B) parallelism  
(C) malapropism  
(D) mistake
12.   ͞Wisdoŵ Đƌies out iŶ the opeŶ plaĐes͟ is aŶ edžaŵple of __.
(A) personification  
(B) metaphor  
(C) oxymoron  
(D) ellipsis
13.  One of the following is not a figure of speech.
(A) Climax  
(B) Oxymoron  
(C) antitheses  
(D) mime
14.  __ is an indirect reference to an event, speech or action in the past.
(A) Allusion  
(B) exaggeration    
(C) Pun  
(D) Innuendo
15.  ͞The ďoLJ shoǁed his loǀe to his fatheƌ ďLJ killiŶg the ŵaŶ͟ is aŶ edžaŵple of __.
(A) metaphor  
(B) paradox
(C) irony
(D) allusion  
Use the following passage to answer question below
We haǀe led the ͚ŵules͛ to the gƌeeŶ pastuƌes Ŷeaƌ the ďƌook ǁith a ǀiew to guiding them to feed until
they develop the appetite for sipping from the foundation of the literary world. Really, we cannot and we
do not need to force the mules to drink. All that needs to be done is to provide the necessary atmosphere
and encourageŵeŶt that ǁill seŶsitize ͞the ŵules͟ toǁaƌds a spoŶtaŶeous ǁish to ǁƌite. This, I ďelieǀe,
has been addressed in this brief lecture.
16.  The passage is __ in nature.
(A) descriptive
(B) explanatory
(C) declarative
(D) conversational  
17. The ͚ŵules͛ iŶ this passage aƌe __.
(A) animals
(B) students  
(C) reliable clients
(D) potential writers
18. The underlined expression is an example of __.
(A) paradox
(B) metaphor
(C) simile
(D) oxymoron
19. The point of view used in this passage is __.
(A) omniscient    
(B) first person  
(C) third person  
(D) stream of consciousness
Use the poem below to answer question below
Life is rise and fall
A tale of comings and goings
Of travails and doings
But death ends all
20.  The rhyme scheme of the poem is __.  
(A) aabb    
(B) aaba      
(C) abba
(D) abab


21.  The central theme of the poem is __.    
(A) hope      
(B) love
(C) faith  
(D) vanity
22. The tone of the poem is that of __.      
(A) resignation
(B) anger
(C) sorrow
(D) command
23. The type of rhyme in lines 2 and 3 is __.
(A) alternate
(B) internal
(C) medial
(D) couplet
Use the extract below to answer question below
William Shakespeare: The Tempest
Speaker A: The houƌ͛s Ŷoǁ come
The very minute bids thee ope thine ear
Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember
A time before we came unto this cell?
I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not
Out three years old
Speaker B: Certainly, Sir, I can!
24. Who is speaker A?
(A) Alonso
(B) Prospero
(C) Antonio
(D) Caliban
25. Speaker B is __.
(A) Ariel
(B) Caliban  
(C) Andrian  
(D) Miranda
26.  ͞This Đell͟, iŶ the edžtƌaĐt illustƌates the use of __.
(A) irony    
(B) metonymy    
(C) synecdoche    
(D) metaphor
27. The response of speaker B shows that speaker A __.
(A) underrates her memory  
(B) dislikes her behavior  
(C) understands her feelings  
(D) approves of her carriage
28.  __ is the playwright of Women of Owu.
(A) Femi Osofisan
(B) Wole Soyinka
(C) Kobina Sekyi
(D) Willam Golding
29.  One major theme in Women of Owu is __.
(A) hatred  
(B) tolerance  
(C) political bigotry
(D) the  folly of war
30.  Who is the pƌotagoŶist of KoďiŶa “ekLJi͛s The Blinkards?
(A) Mr. Tisba
(B) Dr. Ohweyie
(C) Banister Onyimdzi    
(D) Mrs. Brofuseun
31.  In Arms and the Man Major Saranoff eventually marries __.
(A) Catherine  
(B) Raina
(C) Nicola  
(D) Louka  
32.  __ is the playwright of The Importance of Being Earnest.
(A) Oscar Wide  
(B) Oscar Wild  
(C) Oscar Wilde  
(D) Oscar Wade  
33.  In The Importance of Been Earnest JaĐk WoƌthiŶg͛s ƌeal suƌŶaŵe is__.
(A) Algernon  
(B) Earnest
(C) Fairface
(D) Moncrief
34.  __ misplaced Jack Worthing in a leader handbag.
(A) Cecily  
(B) Gwendolen
(C) Mrs. Prism
(D) Lady Bracknell
35.  One of these characters in The Importance of Being Earnest is a clergy.
(A) Algemon  
(B) Cardew  
(C) Bracknell  
(D) Chasuble
36.  The edžpƌessioŶ ͞eŵaĐiated ďoŶes͟ iŶ ͞MLJopia͟ is aŶ edžaŵple of __.
(A) poetic license
(B) transferred epithet
(C) innuendo
(D) ellipsis
37.  The edžpƌessioŶ ͞ďouleǀaƌds of ŵiseƌLJ͟ iŶ ͞MLJopia͟ edžeŵplifies the use of __.
(A) irony
(B) assonance
(C) metaphor
(D) personification
38.  The title of the poeŵ ͞MLJopia͟ ĐoŶŶotes __.
(A) lack of focus  
(B) wickedness  
(C) eye defect  
(D) poverty


39.  LeŶƌie Peteƌ͛s ͞The FeŶĐe͟ has the ƌefƌaiŶ __.
(A) we want change
(B) O elephant
(C) we are necessary
(D) there I lie
40.  The stLJle of pƌeseŶtatioŶ of ͞The FeŶĐe͟ is__.
(A) stream of consciousness
(B) persona
(C) flashback
(D) third person narration
41.  ͞The FeŶĐe͟ is pƌeseŶted iŶ the foƌŵ of a/aŶ __.
(A) accusation  
(B) admonition  
(C) lamentation  
(D) protest
42.  A pƌedoŵiŶaŶt figuƌe of speeĐh iŶ ͞The FeŶĐe͟ is __.
(A) oxymoron
(B) metaphor
(C) irony
(D) personification
43.  IŶ ͞The FeŶĐe͟, the edžpƌessioŶ, ͞ŵLJ head goes ƌouŶd aŶd͟ poƌtƌaLJs __.
(A) anger    
(B) disappointment    
(C) confusion  
(D) scorn
44.  Who is the author of Lord of the Flies?  
(A) Williams Shakespeare
(B) Lord Baron
(C) Williams Golding
(D) Earnest Hemmingway  
45.  A predominant theme in Lord of the Flies is __.  
(A) the innateness of evil
(B) religious fanaticism
(C) necessity for social order
(D) the uselessness of adult
46.  Which song is meant to lull a baby to sleep?
(A)  Ballad
(B) Lullaby
(C) Dirge
(D) Ode
47.  The last six lines of a patrachan sonnet is called __.
(A) septet  
(B)  quatrain
(C) Sextet
(D)  Octave
48.  A quatrain contains __ lines.
(A) five    
(B)  three    
(C) four    
(D) six
49.  __  is a moment of relief in a tragic play brought about through a comic scene.
(A) Tragic relief      
(B) Comic relief      
(C)  Suspense    
(D) Comedy
50.  __ is a device used to bring past event into focus to clarify present events in literature.
(A) Prologue    
(B) Exposition      
(C) Foreshadowing      
(D) Flashback  


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