GOVERNMENT BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOL OBALA

PRE-MOCK EXAMINATION

ORDINARY LEVEL JANUARY 2024

SUBJECT TITLE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
SUBJECT CODE 0535
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PAPER N PAPER ONE (1)
DURATION ONE AND HALF HOURS (11/2)

Instructions: - Use only a soft HB pencil to answer all the fifty (50) MCQs
- Candidates must shade (-) the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
1. One of the following plays is bound by
conflict ending in the dead of the hero
D. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through
______________.
the fog and filthy air.”
A. folklores
6. The second Witch says they will meet
B. tragedy “When the hurly-burly's done.” This means:
C .tragic-comedy A. When the fighting is over
D. comedy B. When the thunder is over
2. Pick out the odd element from this list C. When the king is killed
below in relation to the structure of a play
D. When Macbeth takes the throne
A. themes
7. The expression “When the battle's lost and
B. climax won,” is an instance the use of:
C. rising action A. Irony
D. falling action B. Paradox
3. Prose has basically ___________ types . C. Oxymoron
A. Two D. Pun
B. Three 8. One of the following is not a theme in the
play Macbeth:
C. Four
A. Good and evil
D. Five
B. Guilt and remorse
4. One of these is a type of prose in which the
writer recounts their own experience. C. Ambition and temptation
A. Auto-biography D. Love and unfaithfulness
B. biography 9. What stops Lady Macbeth from killing king
Duncan herself:
C. fable
A. Macbeth insists he should be the one to do
D. folklore
so.
B. Macbeth gets to the room before her.
5. One of the following is the opening line of
C. She hears a knock at the door and goes back
the play Macbeth;
to her room.
A. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”
D. He resembles her father while asleep.
B. “When shall we three meet again/In
10.The traditional place for the coronation of
thunder, lightning or in rain?”
Scottish kings is:
C. “I come Greymalkin.”
A. Scone
B. The stone of Scone
C. Westminster Abbey
D. Dunsinane
11. The spirits conjured by the three witches to C. So thanks to all at once, and to each one
attend to Macbeth are _____ in number:
D. Whom we invite to see us crowned at
A. One scone.
B. Two 17. The Crown of Thorns is divided into -
____ part and ______ chapters
C. Three
A. 2/24.
D. Four
B. 3/25.
12. The rising army against Macbeth is led by:
C. 2/25.
A. Malcolm.
C. 3/25
B. Fleance.
18. The opening paragraphs of The Crown of
C. Donalbain
Thorns present Achiebefuo as all but
D. Macduff one of the following

13 ____ is the rightful heir to the Scottish A. Too sensitive to insult

throne:
B. Honour-conscious
A. Donalbain.
C. Peaceful
B. Malcolm.
D. Intolerant
C. Fleance
19.. Achiebefuo considers Ngobefuo’s
D. Banquo accusations of him being responsible
for the disappearance of Akeukeuor
14. The rival army coming in to fight against as
Macbeth is built up in:
A. A call to battle
A. Scotland
B. A display of jealousy
B. Norway
C. A betrayal of their friendship
C. Ireland
D. Misdirected
D. England
20. One of the following is not true about the
15. That it is Macduff who kills Macbeth and opening paragraph of the novel The Crown of
cuts off his head is a demonstration of: Thorns:
A. anger A. Achiebefuo is standing to talk but is
B. revenge dumbfounded

C. satisfaction B. It makes reference to Ngobefuo

D. triumph C. Achiebefuo is relaxed

16. What is the closing line of the playing D. It makes use of hyperbole
Macbeth? 21. Akeukeuor in The Crown of Thorns is:
A. Hail king of Scotland A. The antagonist of the story
B. We will perform in measure, time and place B. The god of gods of Small Monje
C. The god of fertility 27. The novel The Crown of Thorns ends in a
mood of:
D. The chief priest of Small Monje
A. Optimism
22. The author of The Crown of Thorns
begins the narrative by plunging into: B. Nervous apprehension
A. a sad moment C. Jubilation
B. a crucial situation D. Calmness
C. humorous situation 28. He becomes a man of the people,
especially the young at the end of the novel,
D. a misunderstanding
The Crown of Thorns:
23. The expression “River of Forgetfulness” in
A. Ajem-abeule
The Crown of Thorns is an example of the use
of: B. Ngobefuo
A. Biblical allusion C. Ngangabe
B. Literary allusion C. Ndenwontio
C. Classical allusion 29. The novel Lord of the Flies was published
in:
D. Historical allusion
a) 1954
24. In Biongong culture stepping on one's pipe
or to sit on it is a sign of one's: b) 1950
A. Guilt c) 1945
B. Insanity d) 1911
C. Frustration 30. William Golding the author of Lord of the
Flies was born in the year In .
D. Near death
A. 1954/England
25. Nicholas Virchow in The Crown of
Thorns is: B.1911/England
A. An American Peace-Corps Volunteer C. 1911/Ireland
B. An American tourist D. 1954/Ireland
C. An English tourist 31. The novel Lord of the Flies can be
qualified as a/an
D. An English Peace Corps Volunteer
A. Allegorical novel/fable
26. The novel The Crown of Thorns ends in
suspense suggesting days ahead for the B. Fable/bildungsroman
tribe and people of Small Monje.
C. Allegorical/autobiographical novel
A. Hopeful
D. Biographical/Picaresque
B. Positive
32. The cimax of the novel Lord of the Flies
C. Catastrophic is;
D. Exciting A. Piggy's death
B. The murder of Simon A. Jack/Ralph
C. Jack's break away B. Ralph/Piggy
D. Jack's tribe hunting Ralph C. Piggy/Ralph
33. When the novel begins, the first two D. Jack/Piggy
characters we encounter are:
39. Piggy used to live with his aunt who is
A. Jack and Ralph a/an:
B. Ralph and Piggy A. School teacher
C. Piggy and Jack B. Keeper of a sweet shop
D. Simon and Ralph C. Waitress at a bar
34. The time setting of Lord of the Flies is D. Actress
A. 1950s 40. The collection Modern Anthology of
Poetry is edited by:
B. 1940s
Piggy’s origin from a low social class is
C. 1960s
suggested by his:
D. 1930s
A. Physical handicap
35. The opening vivid description of the island B. Lack of parentage
indicates that: C. Ungrammatical speeches
D. Talkative nature
A. There has been a heavy flood A. Ayukabore S.A
B. There has been a stormy wind B. Hans Bokwe Itoe
C. There has been a plane crash C. Mathew Takwi
D. All of the above D. Ayuk Bokwe
36. “He was shortert than the fair boy and very 41. Verse in poetry refers to:
fat.” This refers to:
A. A stanza in a poem
A. Ralph
B. A section of a poem
B. Jack
C. A line ina poem
C. Roger
D. Rhyme in a poem
D. Piggy
42. The speaking voice in a poem is referred to
37. Jack's second name is: as:
A. Madison A. Personal
B. Maydew B. The poet
C. Merridew C. The Persona
D. Merry-dew D. Poet-persona
38. The ression “sucks to your auntie” is
spoken by to .
43. It has a sad or meditative tone and often B. Assonance
focuses on grief or loss of a cherished idea or
C. Alliteration
value
D. Anaphora
A. A sonnet
49. The poet’s attitude towards human beings
B. An ode
in the poem “Animals” is one of:
C. A dirge
A. Total admiration
D. An epic
B. Regret and condemnation
44. Chapter is to prose as Is to poetry:
C. Indifference
A. Line
D. Celebration and condemnation
B. Verse
50. The expression “grass will grow in the
C. Stanza poem “Grass will Grow” is a symbol for
D. Rhyme A. After life
45. In terms of subject matter, one of the B. Rebirth or rejuvenation
following poem is an odd member in the
C. The healing balm of life
group:
D. The power of nature
A. “The Mystic Drum”
B. “The Kola Nut Ritual”
C. “Night”
D. “I Am an African Child”
46. When the speaker in “Menchum Falls”
says Menchum Falls, Waterfalls, groan for
trite vote-getter help, he is making use of:
A. Hypebole
B. Personification
C. Paradox
D. Irony
47. The poem “Animals” is written by:
A. William Blake
B. Ben Jonson
C. Gabriel Okara
D. Walt Whitman
48. The line... “Kept murmuring bees buzzing
busily” is best an example of the sound device
known as:
A. Onomatopoeia