LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SS2 UNSEEN PROSE QUIZ 3

PASSAGE 1

While we believe that the controversial election and its outcome would be tested in the law courts, the court of public opinion is already passing its judgment on INEC. The trueness and fairness of an election is a question of justice in which reality and perception must ally. A famous legal maxim based on the principles of natural justice says “justice must not only be done but it must be seen to have been done”.
In the case of Anambra election, no matter what Jega and INEC say, we say that elections must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to have been fair. If an election did not take place in the stronghold of certain candidates, and even a key candidate in the election was disfranchised from voting because his name could not be found on the voters register, that election cannot be said to be just free and fair. It does not matter whether INEC wants to conduct a supplementary election. The mere inconclusiveness of the election as admitted by INEC taints the election as admitted by INEC taints the election fundamentally and no supplementary exercise would adequately make up for it.
Olu Akanmu. “The Credibility Nosedive of INEC”, Lagos: The Punch, November 25, 2013)

“While” in the first sentence of the passage is used to ___

While we believe that the controversial election and its outcome would be tested in the law courts, the court of public opinion is already passing its judgment on INEC. The trueness and fairness of an election is a question of justice in which reality and perception must ally. A famous legal maxim based on the principles of natural justice says “justice must not only be done but it must be seen to have been done”.
In the case of Anambra election, no matter what Jega and INEC say, we say that elections must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to have been fair. If an election did not take place in the stronghold of certain candidates, and even a key candidate in the election was disfranchised from voting because his name could not be found on the voters register, that election cannot be said to be just free and fair. It does not matter whether INEC wants to conduct a supplementary election. The mere inconclusiveness of the election as admitted by INEC taints the election as admitted by INEC taints the election fundamentally and no supplementary exercise would adequately make up for it.
Olu Akanmu. “The Credibility Nosedive of INEC”, Lagos: The Punch, November 25, 2013)

The passage is ____

While we believe that the controversial election and its outcome would be tested in the law courts, the court of public opinion is already passing its judgment on INEC. The trueness and fairness of an election is a question of justice in which reality and perception must ally. A famous legal maxim based on the principles of natural justice says “justice must not only be done but it must be seen to have been done”.
In the case of Anambra election, no matter what Jega and INEC say, we say that elections must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to have been fair. If an election did not take place in the stronghold of certain candidates, and even a key candidate in the election was disfranchised from voting because his name could not be found on the voters register, that election cannot be said to be just free and fair. It does not matter whether INEC wants to conduct a supplementary election. The mere inconclusiveness of the election as admitted by INEC taints the election as admitted by INEC taints the election fundamentally and no supplementary exercise would adequately make up for it.
Olu Akanmu. “The Credibility Nosedive of INEC”, Lagos: The Punch, November 25, 2013)

Maxim is the third sentence of the passage also means _________

While we believe that the controversial election and its outcome would be tested in the law courts, the court of public opinion is already passing its judgment on INEC. The trueness and fairness of an election is a question of justice in which reality and perception must ally. A famous legal maxim based on the principles of natural justice says “justice must not only be done but it must be seen to have been done”.
In the case of Anambra election, no matter what Jega and INEC say, we say that elections must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to have been fair. If an election did not take place in the stronghold of certain candidates, and even a key candidate in the election was disfranchised from voting because his name could not be found on the voters register, that election cannot be said to be just free and fair. It does not matter whether INEC wants to conduct a supplementary election. The mere inconclusiveness of the election as admitted by INEC taints the election as admitted by INEC taints the election fundamentally and no supplementary exercise would adequately make up for it.
Olu Akanmu. “The Credibility Nosedive of INEC”, Lagos: The Punch, November 25, 2013)

The attitude of the writer to INEC and the election in question can be described as that of ______

While we believe that the controversial election and its outcome would be tested in the law courts, the court of public opinion is already passing its judgment on INEC. The trueness and fairness of an election is a question of justice in which reality and perception must ally. A famous legal maxim based on the principles of natural justice says “justice must not only be done but it must be seen to have been done”.
In the case of Anambra election, no matter what Jega and INEC say, we say that elections must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to have been fair. If an election did not take place in the stronghold of certain candidates, and even a key candidate in the election was disfranchised from voting because his name could not be found on the voters register, that election cannot be said to be just free and fair. It does not matter whether INEC wants to conduct a supplementary election. The mere inconclusiveness of the election as admitted by INEC taints the election as admitted by INEC taints the election fundamentally and no supplementary exercise would adequately make up for it.
Olu Akanmu. “The Credibility Nosedive of INEC”, Lagos: The Punch, November 25, 2013)

According to the writer, ___ have already formed their opinions on the election

‘But I do mind. I mind very much”
‘I’m sorry,” said cooper, with composure
“The fact is, I simply couldn’t wait till you came back.”
“I wonder you didn’t open my letters as well” cooper, unmoved, smile at his chief’s exasperation.
‘Oh, that’s not quite the same thing.
After all I couldn’t imagine you’d mind my
Looking at your newspapers. There’s nothing private in them.”
“I very much object to anyone reading my paper before me”. He went to them pile.
There were nearly thirty numbers there.
“I think it extremely impertinent of you.
They’re all mixed up”.
“We can easily put them in order,” said
Cooper, joining him at the table.
“Don’t touch them,” cried Mt. Warburton.
“I say, it’s childish to make a scene about a little thing like that.”
“How dare you speak to me like that?”
“Oh, go to hell,” said cooper, and he flung out of the room.
(W. Somerset Maughan, “The Outstation”, The Range of Literature).

The passage is an example of ____

‘But I do mind. I mind very much”
‘I’m sorry,” said cooper, with composure
“The fact is, I simply couldn’t wait till you came back.”
“I wonder you didn’t open my letters as well” cooper, unmoved, smile at his chief’s exasperation.
‘Oh, that’s not quite the same thing.
After all I couldn’t imagine you’d mind my
Looking at your newspapers. There’s nothing private in them.”
“I very much object to anyone reading my paper before me”. He went to them pile.
There were nearly thirty numbers there.
“I think it extremely impertinent of you.
They’re all mixed up”.
“We can easily put them in order,” said
Cooper, joining him at the table.
“Don’t touch them,” cried Mt. Warburton.
“I say, it’s childish to make a scene about a little thing like that.”
“How dare you speak to me like that?”
“Oh, go to hell,” said cooper, and he flung out of the room.
(W. Somerset Maughan, “The Outstation”, The Range of Literature).

From the passage, it can be infared that cooper is a ____

‘But I do mind. I mind very much”
‘I’m sorry,” said cooper, with composure
“The fact is, I simply couldn’t wait till you came back.”
“I wonder you didn’t open my letters as well” cooper, unmoved, smile at his chief’s exasperation.
‘Oh, that’s not quite the same thing.
After all I couldn’t imagine you’d mind my
Looking at your newspapers. There’s nothing private in them.”
“I very much object to anyone reading my paper before me”. He went to them pile.
There were nearly thirty numbers there.
“I think it extremely impertinent of you.
They’re all mixed up”.
“We can easily put them in order,” said
Cooper, joining him at the table.
“Don’t touch them,” cried Mt. Warburton.
“I say, it’s childish to make a scene about a little thing like that.”
“How dare you speak to me like that?”
“Oh, go to hell,” said cooper, and he flung out of the room.
(W. Somerset Maughan, “The Outstation”, The Range of Literature).

The dominant mood in the passage is ___

‘But I do mind. I mind very much”
‘I’m sorry,” said cooper, with composure
“The fact is, I simply couldn’t wait till you came back.”
“I wonder you didn’t open my letters as well” cooper, unmoved, smile at his chief’s exasperation.
‘Oh, that’s not quite the same thing.
After all I couldn’t imagine you’d mind my
Looking at your newspapers. There’s nothing private in them.”
“I very much object to anyone reading my paper before me”. He went to them pile.
There were nearly thirty numbers there.
“I think it extremely impertinent of you.
They’re all mixed up”.
“We can easily put them in order,” said
Cooper, joining him at the table.
“Don’t touch them,” cried Mt. Warburton.
“I say, it’s childish to make a scene about a little thing like that.”
“How dare you speak to me like that?”
“Oh, go to hell,” said cooper, and he flung out of the room.
(W. Somerset Maughan, “The Outstation”, The Range of Literature).

Mr. Warbuton can be described as ____

‘But I do mind. I mind very much”
‘I’m sorry,” said cooper, with composure
“The fact is, I simply couldn’t wait till you came back.”
“I wonder you didn’t open my letters as well” cooper, unmoved, smile at his chief’s exasperation.
‘Oh, that’s not quite the same thing.
After all I couldn’t imagine you’d mind my
Looking at your newspapers. There’s nothing private in them.”
“I very much object to anyone reading my paper before me”. He went to them pile.
There were nearly thirty numbers there.
“I think it extremely impertinent of you.
They’re all mixed up”.
“We can easily put them in order,” said
Cooper, joining him at the table.
“Don’t touch them,” cried Mt. Warburton.
“I say, it’s childish to make a scene about a little thing like that.”
“How dare you speak to me like that?”
“Oh, go to hell,” said cooper, and he flung out of the room.
(W. Somerset Maughan, “The Outstation”, The Range of Literature).

The point of view used in the passage is ___

‘But I do mind. I mind very much”
‘I’m sorry,” said cooper, with composure
“The fact is, I simply couldn’t wait till you came back.”
“I wonder you didn’t open my letters as well” cooper, unmoved, smile at his chief’s exasperation.
‘Oh, that’s not quite the same thing.
After all I couldn’t imagine you’d mind my
Looking at your newspapers. There’s nothing private in them.”
“I very much object to anyone reading my paper before me”. He went to them pile.
There were nearly thirty numbers there.
“I think it extremely impertinent of you.
They’re all mixed up”.
“We can easily put them in order,” said
Cooper, joining him at the table.
“Don’t touch them,” cried Mt. Warburton.
“I say, it’s childish to make a scene about a little thing like that.”
“How dare you speak to me like that?”
“Oh, go to hell,” said cooper, and he flung out of the room.
(W. Somerset Maughan, “The Outstation”, The Range of Literature).

Coopers trial reaction shows that he is ____