SOC 213 CBT Practice Questions for FUOYE Students(Now Active)

1. Writers who use literature to challenge authority act as social _____

2. Oral traditions serve as sociological texts because they reflect social _____

3. Achebe’s Things Fall Apart illustrates the clash between Igbo culture and _____

4. In Marxist criticism, writers are often seen as _____ who expose exploitation and oppression.

5. Literature empowers society by giving voice to the _____

6. Nigerian literature often reflects colonial disruption and the loss of _____ values.

7. Feminist Nigerian writers challenge traditional _____ systems.

8. Roland Barthes contributed significantly to the development of _____ theory.

9. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s works address identity in a _____ context.

10. Sociology of literature examines how literature interacts with social structures such as power, culture, and _____

11. Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart partly to challenge _____ narratives about Africa.

12. Conflict in literature helps readers understand societal _____

13. Literature remains important because it records social struggles and inspires _____

14. Folktales featuring trickster figures often teach lessons against _____

15. The theory that sees literature as a reflection of class struggle and economic inequality is the _____ perspective.

16. A major concern of postcolonial criticism is the struggle for _____ after independence.

17. Chigozie Obioma blends traditional cosmology with modern issues using a _____ approach.

18. Buchi Emecheta’s works combine Marxist ideas with concerns about _____

19. Postcolonial theory examines literature produced in societies affected by _____

20. Literature that highlights poverty and injustice in industrial society is often associated with _____ criticism.

21. Resistance literature often emerges in response to _____

22. Popular Nigerian music functions as a form of social _____

23. Literature that highlights corruption and injustice encourages social _____

24. Literature that critiques corruption and dictatorship is a form of _____ commentary.

25. Chinua Achebe’s use of proverbs and oral traditions reflects a _____ approach to literature.

26. Colonial conflict in Nigerian literature often shows a clash between tradition and _____

27. In structuralist analysis, myths and narrative patterns are treated as _____ that shape meaning.

28. Literature is shaped largely by the social, political, and cultural _____ in which writers live.

29. Literature is described as a _____ mirror of society.

30. Nigerian scholars emphasize that literature reflects everyday struggles of _____ people.

31. Structuralism focuses on how meaning is produced through _____ rather than isolated words.

32. Proverbs in Nigerian literature serve mainly as carriers of _____

33. Literature contributes to identity formation by preserving cultural _____

34. Karl Marx’s ideas form the foundation of _____ literary criticism.

35. Social norms in literature often reveal expectations about gender and _____

36. Cultural values preserved through literature include respect for elders and _____ traditions.

37. Nollywood films frequently depict tensions between modernity and _____

38. Wole Soyinka’s plays frequently expose abuses of _____ in society.

39. Themes such as resistance and cultural hybridity are central to _____ literature.

40. Globalization allows Nigerian literature to reach a _____ audience.