UI Post-UTME Literature in English 2022 (Model questions) past questions and answers

A nonsensical poem is known as ________

1. A.Terca rima
2. B.doggerel
3. C.chanson
4. D.epicedium

The tone of epic is ________

1. A.Elated
2. B.light
3. C.sonorous
4. D.serious

Which of the following does not belong to the fold?

1. A.Ode
2. B.dirge
3. C.panegyric
4. D.bildungsroman

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is known as

1. A.Spondee
2. B.trochee
3. C.iambus
4. D.anapest

The country mentioned at the end of the poem "Bat" by D.H Lawrence is

1. A.England
2. B.Italy
3. C.China
4. D.India

Which of the following is not a technique in The Lion and the Jewel?

1. A.Unity of time
2. B.mime
3. C.irony
4. D.allegory

According to Farouq Sesay in the poem 'The Song of the Women of My Land', ________ is used to cheat the tyranny of time.

1. A.Poem
2. B.dance
3. C.song
4. D.hardwork

Lines from 'Raider of the Treasure Trove'

Read the lines from 'Raider of the Treasure Trove'. ______ and ______ are evident in the lines above

1. A.Rhetorical question and symbolism
2. B.caesura and irony
3. C.caesura and rhetorical question
4. D.symbolism and irony

The mood of the novel Wuthering Heights is that of ________

1. A.Gloom
2. B.disillusionment
3. C.pessimism
4. D.optimism

Which of the following is set in the Second-World War Era?

1. A.Unexpected Joy at Dawn
2. B.Look Back in Anger
3. C.Wuthering Heights
4. D.The Lion and the Jewel.

In which type of novel can we situate Second Class Citizen?

1. A.Epistolary
2. B.bildungsroman
3. C.gothic novel
4. D.picaresque

The animal characterized by duplicity of stripes in 'The Leader and the Led' is

1. A.Lion
2. B.hyena
3. C.zebra
4. D.giraffe

In Midsummer Night's Dream, the man in Athenian garment whom Oberon tells Puck to work the love potion on is

1. A.Demetrius
2. B.Lysander
3. C.Theseus
4. D.Egeus

Extract from William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Read the extract. The speaker of the lines above from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is

1. A.Oberon
2. B.Thesues
3. C.Quince
4. D.Puck

Read the extract. Before this speech

1. A.The lovers were about to be united
2. B.marriage had just taken place
3. C.The actors were about to act their play
4. D.Theseus was being waited for

Read the extract. Shadows in the extract refers to

1. A.Dreams
2. B.Pyramus and Thisby
3. C.fairies
4. D.the male actors

In the poem 'The Journey of the Magi' the magi's experience is one of

1. A.Happiness
2. B.doom
3. C.ignorance
4. D.regret

The experience of the blacks in the poem 'The Caged Bird' is relayed

1. A.Metaphorically
2. B.ironically
3. C.metonymically
4. D.euphemistically

The Edwardian wilderness describes the character of ______in Look Back in Anger

1. A.Jimmy
2. B.Colonel Redfern
3. C.Alison
4. D.Hellena

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? In the expression above, there is use of

1. A.Rhetorical question
2. B.allusion
3. C.metonymy
4. D.apostrophe

The dumdum of a drum is an example of

1. A.Personification
2. B.onomatopoeia
3. C.irony
4. D.metonymy

The poem 'The Grieved Lands of Africa' culminates on the note of

1. A.Sadness
2. B.hope
3. C.despair
4. D.happiness

Who symbolizes modernity among the following characters in The Lion and the Jewel?

1. A.Sidi
2. B.Lakunke
3. C.Baroka
4. D.Sadiku

A dramatic form in which there is exaggerated human feeling is

1. A.Melodrama
2. B.farce
3. C.burlesque
4. D.opera