SSCE/UTME – Literature In English Practice Tests (General Literary Principles)

'I am informed the day recycles itself today
When I slept in the Lord in February .
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless God for a noble departure- His words
The Lord taketh the righteous away before evil
days.'

The lines above express ______

A. procreation
B. Anniversary
C. resurrection
D. incarnation

A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called ______

A. an oratorio     B. a motet    C. an opera     D. a concert

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is _____

A. catharsis.    B. catastrophe.    C. epilogue.    D. exposition.

A poem written to celebrate one's wedding is ____

A. a pastoral     B. an epithalamium    C. a prothalamium     D. a terza rima

Tone and mood of a poem refer to _____

A. locale.    B. atmosphere    C. setting.    D. space.