All practice questions

Match each of the prose passages on the left with the corresponding narrative point of view classification on the right.

Analyze the dramatic scene description and complete the text by supplying the appropriate theatrical and stagecraft terms for the blanks.

In narrative prose, free indirect discourse refers to a technique in which a third-person narrator presents a character's internal thoughts or speech directly within the narrative stream without using quotation marks or explicit reporting clauses such as 'she thought' or 'he said'.

In Wole Soyinka's prescribed African drama *The Trials of Brother Jero*, match each character on the left with their corresponding dramatic function or role in the play on the right.

Match each character from prescribed African prose texts listed on the left with their primary narrative role or defining situation on the right.

Read the unseen prose extract below:

"The old judge sat in the silent courtroom, staring at the empty dock where his own son had stood decades ago. He picked up the heavy wooden gavel, weighed it in his trembling hand, and whispered to the quiet walls, 'Justice was served, but peace was executed.'"

Which literary device is primarily demonstrated in the judge's statement, 'Justice was served, but peace was executed'?

Read the excerpt below from William Shakespeare's prescribed Non-African drama, Othello, and answer the question that follows:

"Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:
She has deceived her father, and may thee."

Which character delivers this parting warning to Othello, and what is its thematic significance in the play?

Read the prose extract below:

"For thirty years, Mr. Pendelton had audited the ledger books of the Great Northern Rail Company, sitting inside a windowless basement office where the ticking of the brass clock measured out the quiet erasure of his youth. When the board voted to automate the accounting logs and presented him with a silver pocket watch for his long service, Pendelton walked out into the midday sun and realized he had forgotten the smell of rain, having spent his life keeping accounts for a system that calculated everything except human value."

Which of the following best captures the central theme illustrated through Mr. Pendelton's experience in the passage?

Read the prose extract below:

"The magistrate leaned over the bench, his voice cold and measured like iron falling on stone: 'The law does not bend to tears, nor does justice barter with remorse.' In the gallery, a shiver ran through the accused's family as silence weighed upon the courtroom."

In the excerpt above, which of the following best describes the distinction between the narrator's presentation of the magistrate's tone and the overall mood of the scene?

In the classification of trade, wholesale trade and retail trade constitute the main divisions of foreign trade, while import, export, and entrepôt trade make up home trade.

Consider the following unseen prose extract:

"As the old locomotive chugged out of the station, Kwesi leaned against the window frame, watching the familiar hills fade into the dusty horizon. He wondered if his sister had received the letter, unaware that she was already aboard the rear carriage looking for him."

True or False: The narrator in this extract employs a third-person omniscient point of view.

Match each character from prescribed African prose texts on the left with their corresponding defining trait or narrative role on the right.

A commercial firm operating in Kano imports processed cocoa powder from Côte d'Ivoire and subsequently re-exports the goods to Niger Republic without altering or further processing them. Which sub-classification of foreign trade is demonstrated by this transaction?

An agricultural processing firm in Kaduna plans to import heavy milling machinery from an overseas supplier. To assure the foreign exporter that payment will be made upon presentation of the required shipping documents, the firm requests its commercial bank to issue a formal financial undertaking. Which banking service is being utilized in this international trade transaction?

Match each character from Lorraine Hansberry's prescribed Non-African drama, A Raisin in the Sun, with their primary personal aspiration in the play.

Complete the statement below regarding structural divisions in fixed poetic forms by identifying the correct poetic structural term.

In a commercial partnership, which type of partner contributes capital and shares in profits or losses, but takes no active part in the day-to-day management of the firm?

Match each character from George Bernard Shaw's prescribed Non-African drama, Arms and the Man, with the description that accurately reflects their thematic role in the play. Which alignment correctly connects each character to their dramatic function?

A cassava processing factory in Enugu operates at full capacity, producing tons of industrial starch daily. However, the factory neither sells directly to final consumers nor stores long-term inventory on site. Which of the following best explains how commerce performs its fundamental function to enable this factory to sustain continuous large-scale production?

The financial records of Tari Traders show the following balances at the end of the trading period:
- Stock: $\text{₦}180,000$
- Trade Debtors: $\text{₦}120,000$
- Cash at Bank: $\text{₦}50,000$
- Trade Creditors: $\text{₦}100,000$
- Bank Overdraft: $\text{₦}50,000$

What is the working capital of Tari Traders?