PEAK ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF SCHOOLS, EKREDJEBOR, DELTA STATE

THIRD TERM EXAMINATION FOR 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION

SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH CLASS: SS 2

OBJECTIVES :

INSTRUCTION : ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. Only one of the following is not a genre of literature. Identify it. (a) drama (b) Fiction (c) poetry (d)
Prose

2. A story or belief that is passed down from one generation to generation by word of mouth is called
________ (a) poetry (b) legend (c) myth (d) Oral literature

3. Only one of these titles is not an example of a prose (a) mime (b) biography (c) letters (d) fables

4. Poetry is written in____________ (a) verses (b)chapters (c) acts (d) paragraphs

5. Drama is only fully realized when it has been acted _____________ (a) on stage (b) by audience (c)
outside the stage (d) by a cast

6. Tragedy ends _____________ (a) happily (b) sadly (c) quickly (d) with laughter

7. A sonnet is a type of _________________ (a) drama (b)poem (c) literary device (d) prose

8. A literary work written about a past hero is a/an ________ (a) legend (b) creative work (c) myth (d)
epic

9. A play which aims at laughter and entertainment only is called ________ (a) ode (b) comedy (c)
pantomine (d) farce

10. The list of actors in play is called _______ (a) hero (b) protagonist (c) cast (d) villian

11. The Crown must respect the hoe. The underlined is an example of __________ (a)synedoche (b)
metonymy (c) sarcasm (d) personification

12. A play on words is the same as _______ (a) synedoche (b) metonymy (c) apostrophe (d) pun

13. The Sole of all improvement is the improvement of the soul. The above saying reflects ____ (a)
Paradox (b) oxymoron (c) s (d)pun

14. The difference between poetry and drama is ________ (a) action (b) theme (c) mood (d) tone
15. All fingers are not equal but working fingers will excel. The figures of speech in here is (a) metonymy
(b) synecdoche (c) onomatopoeia (d) oxymoron

16. "Barbies joyous sadness encouraged Atim" exemplifies (a) conflict (b) paradox (c) pun (d)
oxymoron

17. Any work of art that ridicules society with an intention to correct is called __________ (a) satire (b)
satyre (c) apostrophe(d) apostrophy

18. The words spoken by characters in a literary work is called ___________ (a) speech (b) dialogue (c)
poetry (d) person

19. Immediately dirty Delia walked into the class the teacher exclaimed here comes the neatest girl
award winner! This is an example of ________ (a) Sarcasm (b) hyperbole (c) onomatopaeia (d) satire

20. The recall of past events in order to explain the present in a literary work is called _________ (a)
recall (b) remembering (c) recapitulations (d) flash back

THEORY :

INSTRUCTION : Answer All Questions

1a. Who wrote the play "The Lion and the Jewel"

b. Write out the plot of the play

2a. Write extensively on two themes of the play

b. Describe Lankule's personality in two paragraphs

3a. Write on Five Elements of Drama

b. Write on Five Forms of Drama