Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyeri-Agyiri | Study Mode

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Question 1
A
In the late 1950s
B
In the late 1980s
C
In the late 1960s through the late 1970s and early 1980s
D
In the early 1990s
Explanation
The novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” is set in West Africa in the late 1960s through the late 1970s and early 1980s between Accra (Ghana) and Lagos (Nigeria).

Correct option: C
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Question 2
A
A love story between two people from different tribes
B
A political satire about a corrupt government
C
A story about a young girl's journey to success
D
A story about a family struggling to survive in a time of economic gloom and political instability
Explanation
The novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” is about a family struggling to survive in a time of economic gloom and political instability.

Correct option: D
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Question 3
A
Chinua Achebe
B
Wole Soyinka
C
Alex Agyei-Agyiri
D
Buchi Emecheta
Explanation
The author of the novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” is Alex Agyei-Agyiri.

Correct option: C
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Question 4
A
Man versus nature
B
Man versus society
C
Man versus technology
D
Man versus self
Explanation
The main backdrop of the story in the novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” is man versus society.

Correct option: B
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Question 5
A
They symbolize the dying nation
B
They symbolize a healthy nation
C
They symbolize hope
D
They symbolize love
Explanation
Massa’s excrement, vomit, phlegm, and all the infirm body’s by-products in the novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” symbolize the dying nation; a nation which no longer has neither the capacity nor the decency to contain its own people.

Correct option: A
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Question 6
A
The colonial period
B
The post-independence era
C
The military era
D
The democratic era
Explanation
The novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” focuses mainly on Ghana during the PNDC military era, a period of economic gloom, panic economic measures, scarcity, and corruption.

Correct option: C
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Question 7
A
South Africa
B
Kenya
C
Nigeria
D
Tanzania
Explanation
The novel “Unexpected Joy At Dawn” is set in West Africa, mainly between Accra (Ghana) and Lagos (Nigeria).

Correct option: C
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Question 8
A
Massa
B
Nii
C
Adjoa
D
Kwame
Explanation
Massa symbolizes the living physical replica of the political, social, and moral decay of Ghana.

Correct option: A
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Question 9
A
Metaphor
B
Simile
C
Alliteration
D
Hyperbole
Explanation
The author employs metaphor to describe Ghana in “Unexpected Joy At Dawn”.

Correct option: A
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Question 10
A
The Nobel Prize in Literature
B
The Ghana Association of Writers Literary Prize for Literature
C
The Man Booker Prize
D
The Pulitzer Prize
Explanation
Alex Agyei-Agyiri won the Ghana Association of Writers Literary Prize for Literature for his collections of poetry.

Correct option: B

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