1. Although the problem was simple__ students were able to solve it.
A. few
B. a few
C. a lot of
D. little
2. Some students ... believed they can succeed in exams without working hard.
A. many a times
B. many at time
C. many a time
D. many at times
3. The .defendant claimed that he had been into making a statement.
A. coarced
B. coaxed
C. coarsed
D. coerced

4. In pre-colonial Nigeria, the northern emir did not use one of these as his head official
A. the Talakawa
B. the Waziri
C. the Galadima
D. the Madawaki
5. The main motive of the imperialist penetration was to
A. educate
B. Christianize
C. trade
D. socialize
6. The 1963 constitution in Nigeria is known as the
A. presidential constitution
B. independence constitution
C. republican constitution
D. federal constitution

7. An effect of inflation is that it 
A. discourages trade by barter
B. favours debtors at the expense of creditors
C. increases the real income of salary earners
D. increases the value of a country's exports
8. Citizenship can be acquired by
A. nationalism
B. indigenization
C. naturalization 
D. communalism
9. A modern corporation is owned by                                      
A. debenture holders
B. ordinary shareholders
C. preference shareholders
D. creditors

Identify the figure of speech used in each sentence
10. The moon has gone to bed
A. synecdoche
B. oxymoron
C. personification
D. comedy
11. More hands are needed for the job.
A. tragedy
B. metaphor
C. alliteration
D. synecdoche
12. O Lord bless this house
A. apostrophe
B. assonance
C. simile
D. climax