Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.
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Question 1:
Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits
Your ears are like the fans used for blowing fire.
The lines above are a good example of_________
Options:
A) caricature
B) ridicule
C) satire
D) lampoon
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 2:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the
Options:
A) central character in a play
B) voice of the character
C) the image a character presents
D) the personality of a character
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 3:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already He 'll be as full of quarrel and offence As my young mistress' dog...'
Shakespeare, Othello
From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is
Options:
A) disobedient
B) quarrelsome
C) servile
D) scheming
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 4: This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.''As if men hung here unblown,Their mildewed buds of love like pollenLate caught, damp in a swollen ...The sound device in the stanza above from Kalu Uka''s ''Earth to Earth'' is
Options:
A) onomatopoeia
B) refrain
C) rhyme
D) repetition
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 5: These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....The lines depict James as a
Options:
A) traditionalist
B) christian
C) pagan
D) muslim
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 6: Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' is a romantic poem because
Options:
A) it depends a great deal on the poet's spontaneous response to beauty
B) it is a poem about love
C) nightingale symbolizes love
D) it was addressed to one of Keats' friends called Nightingale
E) Keats first described the poem as a romantic poem.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 7:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The overall design of a drama to which all other components relate is its
Options:
A) catharsis
B) exposition
C) structure
D) symbol
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 8:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'...Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.'
The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Streamside
Exchange' depict the
Options:
A) variation of season
B) changing periods of marketing
C) constancy of nature
D) importance of living
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 9:
This question is based on Literary Principles
''She wanted to spit herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go You known I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this, ...'she slapped the Samson and Deliah.'''
Festus lyayi: Violence
In the passage above, the speaker can described as
Options:
A) domineering
B) tyreacherous
C) friendly
D) hungry
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 10: This question is based on S.I Osammor''s The Triumph of the Water Lily.The metaphor of the Water Lily'' in the novel is indicative of
Options:
A) the tragic demise of Odibe
B) death as the finality of man''s experience
C) victory over tribulation
D) the tragic demise of Nkem
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The correct answer is C .