Literature

1. When literature recreates real events, it is said to be .

(A) didactic
(B) (ANS) factual
(C) fictitious
(D) allegorical

2. When literature teaches moral lessons, it is said to be .

(A) instructive
(B) informative
(C) (ANS) didactic
(D) dynamic

3. One of the following is not a function of literature.

(A) (ANS) Inciting
(B) Entertaining
(C) Correcting
(D) Exposing

4. As a medium for exposing and correcting ills in the society literature is .

(A) allegorical
(B) (ANS) satirical
(C) political
(D) abusive

5. Literature is referred to as a slice of life when it .

(A) recounts real event
(B) entertains its audience
(C) (ANS) reveals reality in society

(D) accuses leaders of insensitiveness

6. The time of the events in a literary text is referred to as setting.
   (A) special
   (B) spatial
   (C) temporary
   (D) (ANS) temporal
7. What distinguishes drama from other literary genres is that it is meant to be .
   (A) read
   (B) (ANS) acted
   (C) recited
   (D) viewed
8. The writer of a play text is referred to as .
   (A) playwriter
   (B) playwrite
   (C) playright
   (D) (ANS) playwright
9. The major divisions of a novel is called .
   (A) (ANS) chapter
   (B) stanza
   (C) act
   (D) scene
10. The perspective from which the story in a novel is narrated is referred to as .
    (A) angle
    (B) focus
    (C) technique
    (D) (ANS) point of view
11. A misuse of a word in place of another one due to similarity in their sounds is known as .
    (A) error
    (B) parallelism
    (C) (ANS) malapropism
    (D) mistake
12. “Wisdom cries out in the open places” is an example of .
    (A) (ANS) personification
    (B) metaphor
    (C) oxymoron
    (D) ellipsis
13. One of the following is not a figure of speech.

(A) Climax
(B) Oxymoron
(C) antitheses
(D) (ANS) mime

14. is an indirect reference to an event, speech or action in the past.

(A) (ANS) Allusion
(B) exaggeration
(C) Pun
(D) Innuendo

15. “The boy showed his love to his father by killing the man” is an example of .

(A) metaphor
(B) paradox
(C) (ANS) irony
(D) allusion

Use the following passage to answer question below

We have led the ‘mules’ to the green pastures near the brook with a view to guiding them to feed until they develop the appetite for sipping from the foundation of the literary world. Really, we cannot and we do not need to force the mules to drink. All that needs to be done is to provide the necessary atmosphere and encouragement that will sensitize “the mules” towards a spontaneous wish to write. This, I believe, has been addressed in this brief lecture.

16. The passage is in nature.

(A) descriptive
(B) (ANS) explanatory
(C) declarative
(D) conversational

17. The ‘mules’ in this passage are .

(A) animals
(B) students
(C) reliable clients
(D) (ANS) potential writers

18. The underlined expression is an example of .

(A) paradox
(B) (ANS) metaphor
(C) simile
(D) oxymoron

19. The point of view used in this passage is .

(A) omniscient
(B) (ANS) first person
(C) third person
(D) stream of consciousness

Use the poem below to answer question below
Life is rise and fall
A tale of comings and goings Of travails and doings
But death ends all

20. The rhyme scheme of the poem is .

(A) aabb
(B) aaba
(C) (ANS) abba
(D) abab

21. The central theme of the poem is .

(A) hope
(B) love
(C) faith
(D) (ANS) vanity

22. The tone of the poem is that of .

(A) (ANS) resignation
(B) anger
(C) sorrow
(D) command

23. The type of rhyme in lines 2 and 3 is .

(A) alternate
(B) internal
(C) medial
(D) (ANS) couplet

Use the extract below to answer question below
William Shakespeare: The Tempest

Speaker A: The hour’s now come
The very minute bids thee ope thine ear Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell?
I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not Out three years old
Speaker B: Certainly, Sir, I can!

24. Who is speaker A?
    (A) Alonso
    (B) (ANS) Prospero
    (C) Antonio
    (D) Caliban
25. Speaker B is .
    (A) Ariel
    (B) Caliban
    (C) Andrian
    (D) (ANS) Miranda
26. “This cell”, in the extract illustrates the use of .
    (A) irony
    (B) metonymy
    (C) synecdoche
    (D) (ANS) metaphor
27. The response of speaker B shows that speaker A .
    (A) (ANS) underrates her memory
    (B) dislikes her behavior
    (C) understands her feelings
    (D) approves of her carriage
28. is the playwright of Women of Owu.
    (A) (ANS) Femi Osofisan
    (B) Wole Soyinka
    (C) Kobina Sekyi
    (D) Willam Golding
29. One major theme in Women of Owu is .
    (A) hatred
    (B) tolerance
    (C) political bigotry
    (D) (ANS) the folly of war
30. Who is the protagonist of Kobina “ekyi’s The Blinkards?
    (A) Mr. Tisba
    (B) Dr. Ohweyie
    (C) (ANS) Banister Onyimdzi
    (D) Mrs. Brofuseun
31. In Arms and the Man Major Saranoff eventually marries .

(A) Catherine
(B) Raina
(C) (ANS) Nicola
(D) Louka

32. is the playwright of The Importance of Being Earnest.
    (A) Oscar Wide
    (B) Oscar Wild
    (C) (ANS) Oscar Wilde
    (D) Oscar Wade
33. In The Importance of Been Earnest Jack Worthing’s real surname is .
    (A) Algernon
    (B) Earnest
    (C) Fairface
    (D) (ANS) Moncrief
34. misplaced Jack Worthing in a leader handbag.
    (A) Cecily
    (B) Gwendolen
    (C) (ANS) Mrs. Prism
    (D) Lady Bracknell
35. One of these characters in The Importance of Being Earnest is a clergy.
    (A) Algemon
    (B) Cardew
    (C) Bracknell
    (D) (ANS) Chasuble
36. The expression “emaciated bones” in “Myopia” is an example of .
    (A) poetic license
    (B) (ANS) transferred epithet
    (C) innuendo
    (D) ellipsis
37. The expression “boulevards of misery” in “Myopia” exemplifies the use of .
    (A) irony
    (B) assonance
    (C) (ANS) metaphor
    (D) personification
38. The title of the poem “Myopia” connotes .
    (A) (ANS) lack of focus
    (B) wickedness

(C) eye defect
(D) poverty

39. Lenrie Peter’s “The Fence” has the refrain .
    (A) we want change
    (B) O elephant
    (C) we are necessary
    (D) (ANS) there I lie
40. The style of presentation of “The Fence” is .
    (A) stream of consciousness
    (B) (ANS) persona
    (C) flashback
    (D) third person narration
41. “The Fence” is presented in the form of a/an .
    (A) accusation
    (B) admonition
    (C) (ANS) lamentation
    (D) protest
42. A predominant figure of speech in “The Fence” is .
    (A) oxymoron
    (B) metaphor
    (C) irony
    (D) (ANS) personification
43. In “The Fence”, the expression, “my head goes round and” portrays .
    (A) anger
    (B) disappointment
    (C) (ANS) confusion
    (D) scorn
44. Who is the author of Lord of the Flies?
    (A) Williams Shakespeare
    (B) Lord Baron
    (C) (ANS) Williams Golding
    (D) Earnest Hemmingway
45. A predominant theme in Lord of the Flies is .
    (A) (ANS) the innateness of evil
    (B) religious fanaticism
    (C) necessity for social order
    (D) the uselessness of adult
46. Which song is meant to lull a baby to sleep?

(A) Ballad
(B) (ANS) Lullaby
(C) Dirge
(D) Ode

47. The last six lines of a patrachan sonnet is called .

(A) septet
(B) quatrain
(C) (ANS) Sextet
(D) Octave

48. A quatrain contains lines.

(A) five
(B) three
(C) (ANS) four
(D) six

49. is a moment of relief in a tragic play brought about through a comic scene.

(A) Tragic relief
(B) (ANS) Comic relief
(C) Suspense
(D) Comedy

50. is a device used to bring past event into focus to clarify present events in literature.

(A) Prologue
(B) Exposition
(C) Foreshadowing
(D) (ANS) Flashback

PRACTICE 2

Question 1
This question is based on Faceless by Amma DarkoWhat is the reason that caused Odarley’s mother to send him away from home?
Options
A) she chose to go to the street
B) her mother remarried
C) she steals her mother things
D) she wants to poison her boyfriend
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
It was later revealed later that she was sent away from home as a result of her mother remarrying.
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Question 2
In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work
Options
A) Cast
B) Summary
C) Flaw
D) Plot
The correct answer is D.
Explanation:
It shows the development of a play from the beginning, through the middle to the end
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Question 3
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of CorruptionWho impregnated Aloho?
Options
A) The Commissioner
B) Chief Haladu
C) Justice Odili
D) Inspector Inaku
The correct answer is B.
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Question 4
This question is based on Bayo Adebowale’s Lonely Days
Yaremi’s main job is
Options
A) selling cassava
B) harvesting cassava
C) dyeing taffeta cloths
D) sewing taffeta cloths
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Yaremi’s Work Is Dyeing Of Tafeta Cloth And Her Grandson Usually Assists Her As Contained In The Novel
Explanation provided by Blessing Ijakpo
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Question 5
“I can stand well enough and I speak well enough”. The excerpt above exemplifies ? Options A) synedole B) euphemism C) repetition D) irony The correct answer is C. Explanation: “well enough” was repeated twice in the statement. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 6 Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital lettersJudiciary Options A) judiciaRY B) JUdiciary C) judiCIAry D) juDIciary The correct answer is D. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 7 This question is based on Amma Darko’s Facesless.The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because Options A) It only occurs in Ghana B) It could be found only in Africa C) It is common to almost all nations of the world D) the novel is read in all parts of the world The correct answer is C. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 8 This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Othello.According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus? Options A) 107 B) 230 C) 200 D) 140 The correct answer is B. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 9 This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.Tennyon’s Crossing the Bar is ?
Options
A) a celebration of life
B) an appreciation of nature
C) a demystication of death
D) a celebration of the final passage
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
The poem is a meditation on death. The journey the poet embarked on in line 12.
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Question 10
This question is based on Literary Appreciation “ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world ” Anne Frank The Diary of a young GirlThe writer of the passage above is ?
Options
A) assertive
B) retrogressive
C) optimistic
D) antagnistic
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
The writer said that confidently making his opinion known for all to hear.
Question 11
This question is based on General Literacy PrinciplesAn example of a narrative poem is ?
Options
A) elegy
B) epic
C) dirge
D) sonnet
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
Epic is a long narrative story poem that celebrates real historical events.
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Question 12
This question is based on Literary.Our third jailer made little or me. He was one of the many struggled in order to feed their families. Be seemed to be very much controlled by the other two. Elechi Amadi Sunset in BiafraThe speaker’s attitude towards the jailer in the passage above is that of
Options
A) admiration
B) condemnation
C) spite
D) respect
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
The speaker was making the statement to upset “the third jailer”
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Question 13
This question is based on General Literacy Principles A literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ?
Options
A) allusion
B) juxtaposition
C) symbolism
D) memoir
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Authors can juxtapose people, places, things, and ideas.
Explanation provided by Mustapha Opeyemi
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Question 14
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption
The play portrays the judiciary as
Options
A)
unserious and lenient
B)
consistent and just
C)
corrupt and weak
D)
patronising and self-righteous
The correct answer is C.
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Question 15
This question is based on General Literacy Principles A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called
Options
A) psychological novel
B) picaresque
C) autobiography
D) satirical novel
The correct answer is A.
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Question 16
This question is based on Amma Darko’s Faceless
The narrative style adopted in the novel is
Options
A) second persons
B) third person
C) interior monologue
D) first person
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
The story is narrated using Omniscient or third person’s point of view, which involves the narrator knowing everything that happens in the story, including the characters’ thought.
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Question 17
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.
“If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast”
The literary device in the extract above from Herbert’s The Pulley is
Options
A)
metonymy
B)
personification
C)
oxymoron
D)
irony
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
Goodness and weariness are inanimate objects performing human actions “lead and toss.”
Explanation provided by Sarah
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Question 18
This question is based on William Shakesphere’s Othello.”…Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters’ minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?…..” The speaker in the excerpt above addresses ?
Options
A) Othello
B) Lago
C) Brabantio
D) Roderigo
The correct answer is C.
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Question 19
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of CorruptionThe Two dominant themes of the play are
Options
A) honesty and decency
B) immorality and greed
C) poverty and education
D) weeding and planting
The correct answer is B.
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Question 20
Choose the option that has the same rhymes with the given word
Pad
Options
A) paid
B) mail
C) mat
D) made
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
pad: /pad/
paid: /peɪd/
mail: /meɪl/
mat: /mɑt/
made: /meɪd/
Question 21
This question is based on General Literacy PrinciplesAt the peak of the trumpeter’s performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ?
Options
A) metaphor and paradox
B) simile and metaphor
C) simile and personification
D) paradox and simile
The correct answer is C.
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Question 22
This question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son.This novel can be described as
Options
A) satirical
B) metaphysical
C) paradoxical
D) allegorical
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
Bigger proposes the idea of playing white. This is a game in which his gang members mockingly imitate manners of the white men. He starts by addressing Gus as a General.
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Question 23
This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Othello.”Though I do hate him as I do pains, yet for necessity of present life, I must show out a flag and sign of love, which is indeed but sign…”The speaker of the excerpt above can be described as
Options
A) trusting
B) a concubine
C) a schemer
D) ambitious
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Though the speaker pronounced that he would help for the necessity of present life, he had hidden plans as this would make him gain more advantage.
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Question 24
This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.‘ …where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf. ’ The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify ?
Options
A) danger
B) calmness
C) pity
D) saddness
The correct answer is A.
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Question 25
“Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face” The excerpt above exemplifies ?
Options
A) Irony
B) synedoche
C) symbolism
D) euphemism
The correct answer is C.
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Question 26
Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus?
Options
A) Cassio
B) Lago
C) Montano
D) Gratiano
The correct answer is A.
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Question 27
A character whose name is also the source of the title of the narrative is called ? Options A) round B) eponymous C) flat D) tittled The correct answer is B. Explanation: An example is the tess of the D’urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 28 This question is based on Amma Darko’s Faceless The dominant tone of the novel is one of Options A) bitterness B) hope C) fear D) joy The correct answer is A. Explanation: The novel is based on the mystery of Baby T’s death. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 29 Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of CorruptionIt can be deduced from the play that Options A) drug pushing is lucrative B) no crime will go unpunished C) the wealthy also cry D) people will always complain The correct answer is B. Explanation: Those who perpetuate evil will one day reap out of it. No evil carried out with impunity will go unpunished at some point. The eventual imprisonment of Chief and his accomplices supports this contention. Also, Justice Odili who was latter taken to a court, which was presided over by a Judge. “The Judge described him as a big disgraced to to their noble profession” He is accused of having allowed “greed and avariciousness” to blind him “against the ethical demands of the profession and he had to pay for his sins”. (P.119). He is sentenced to 20years imprisonment with hard labour. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 30 This question is based on General Literary principleMyths differ from legend inn that myths Options A) have more of the historical background and less of the supernatural B) are less concerned with moral didacticism C) are more concerned with moral didactism D) have less of historical background and more of the supernatural The correct answer is B. Explanation: Myths deals with ancient times, especially one that explains natural events or describes early history of people. Question 31 This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.One of the thematic preoccupations of Awooner’s The Anvil and the Hammer is Options A) clash of cultures B) revival of colonalism C) the changing face of colonial masters D) the good attributes of colonalism The correct answer is A. Explanation: The poet applies the notion of a forceful coming together of the people of two cultures to the disadvantage of one in a colonial relationship. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 32 This question is based on Bayo Adebowale’s Lonely Days.The cap-picking ceremony is to Options A) break the strong will of Yaremi B) make Yaremi remarry C) establish that she is wicked D) prove that Ajumobi is not the best The correct answer is B. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 33 This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations. A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone’s death is _?
Options
A) elergy
B) epic
C) dirge
D) sonnet
The correct answer is C.
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Question 34
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption (ACP Yakubu in his office)… How can that old crook of a Judge acquit and discharge a very clear case of cocaine pushing. What evidence is he looking for?…’ The technique used in the excerpt above is called
Options
A) interior monologue
B) apostrophe
C) dramatic monologue
D) soliloquoy
The correct answer is D.
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Question 35
“And blossoms blown away”
The line above from William Blake’s poem ” The school boy” is an example of
Options
A) personification
B) euphemism
C) alliteration
D) consonance
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
Alliteration is a figure of speech and a stylistic literary device which is identified by the repeated sound of the first or second letter in a series of words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
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Question 36
A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called Options A) elergy B) ode C) lyrics D) pastoral The correct answer is D. Explanation: It describes the life of rural people, especially the shepherds THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 37 Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined Vice Options A) cat B) dress C) show D) chalk The correct answer is B. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 38 This question is based on William Shakespheare’s Othello“ …Fathers, from hence trust not daughters’ minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ” In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are Options A) lascivious B) petty C) pretentious D) thieves The correct answer is C. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 39 How many stanza and lines does William Moris’ poem “the proud king” has? Options A) 119 stanzas and 849 lines B) 109 stanzas and 849 lines C) 119 stanzas and 850 lines D) 109 stanzas and 850 lines The correct answer is A. Post An Explanation THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 40 Choose the option that has the same rhymes with the given wordAccount Options A) surmount B) acom C) aground D) astound The correct answer is A. Question 41 This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.The mood of Peter’s The Panic of Growing Older can be described as Options A) sober B) boastful C) defiant D) languid The correct answer is A. Explanation: Peter was so sober as depicted in the poem, being that we step into a sober life of domesticity, followed by a period of self-evaluation of the years spent well or not. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 42 Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption”Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?…”The speaker in the excerpt above is Options A) Aloho B) Ogeyi C) Odili D) Ochuole The correct answer is D. Explanation: The statement was made by Ochuole in Page 13, as she tried to inform Madam Hoha in Page 13 on how she would “convince her (Aloho) to pay the ball with him (Chief) and then the usual commission keeps rolling in”(Pg.13) THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 43 “The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest. The doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.Use the extract above to answer the question belowThe predicament sound device in the extract is Options A) assonance B) consonance C) onomatopoeia D) alliteration The correct answer is C. Explanation: It is the deployment of words in a way that such words suggest or echo their meaning or sense of use. THANKS SHARE THIS APP THROUGH THE SHARE BOTTON ON THE APP Question 44 This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.Piano and Drums according to Okara’s Piano and Drums are musical instruments of ___
Options
A) contradictory tunes
B) complementary tunes
C) different cultural milieus
D) different rhythmic appeals
The correct answer is C.
Explanation:
The main idea in the poem is to develop two contrasting musical instruments. These are the jungle drums, associated with Africa, and the piano, which is identified with Europe. They are used symbolically to represent the different cultures of people from these geographical entities.
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Question 45
Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options.The stressed syllables are written in capital letters departmental
Options
A) DEpartmental
B) dePARTmental
C) departMENtal
D) departmenTAL
The correct answer is C.
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Question 46
This question is based on Richard Wright’s Native SonThe story is narrated using the
Options
A) Omniscient
B) limited omniscient
C) objective
D) first person
The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
The novelist makes use of the omniscient or third person narrative technique.