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Dramatis personae in a play refers to

  • A. cast list
  • B. list of characters
  • C. portagonist and antagonist
  • D. order of appearance
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This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

"She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is

  • A. alliteration
  • B. metaphor
  • C. simile
  • D. apostrophe
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'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.'
-Cynthia James; Drumology

The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

  • A. olfactory and visual
  • B. auditory and visual
  • C. tactile and auditory
  • D. olfactory and tactile
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"She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
Festus Iyayi; Violence

In the passage above, the speaker can be described as

  • A. hungry
  • B. domineering
  • C. friendly
  • D. treacherous
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This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.

The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____

  • A. dance and songs
  • B. flashback.
  • C. foreshadowing
  • D. irony
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