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 101:
This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
The dialogue at the end of the novel reveals
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A) Li's resolve to sustain her marriage
B) Li's tragic end
C) Awa's role as the man of the house
D) the cycle of life in Li's family
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 102:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste,
Toby and Maria is the expression of life's
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A) fragility
B) pleasure
C) comedy
D) romance
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 103:
This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in
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A) front of the verandah of Okoro's house
B) Okoro's front yard, downstage
C) the direction of the kitchen, offstage
D) the kitchen, upstage
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 104: 'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'The rhyme scheme from Tennyson's cross the Bar is
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A) abac
B) abba
C) abab
D) abcb
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 105: Amope was introduced as a character into The Trials OF Brother Jero primarily to dramatize the
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A) tragedy of unfaithful wives
B) near realization of the curse hanging on brother Jero
C) disadvantage of marrying an uneducated woman
D) evils of street trading by women
E) evil nature of women in general.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 106:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation. '' 'The white man of God is coming here for Easter! The white man of God is coming to spend Easter with us!' This was the talk everywhere in Nkar among the old and young, even among the pagans. We had been taught everything about him in advance, When he comes we should observe his beard and see if it was not forked like that of .Christ.''
Kenjo Jumban:The white man of God From the passage, the white man of God is treated with
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A) awe
B) derision
C) suspicion
D) indifference
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 107: This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
' I still think you can do something about it... persuade him; make him see how frustrating the whole business is bound to be for you.
The whole business in the excerpt above refers to
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A) marriage proposal
B) career choice
C) business contract
D) political transition
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 108:
'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is
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A) zeugma
B) oxymoron
C) hyperbole
D) onomotopoeia
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 109:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
The statement 'the new religion was like a leper' means that
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A) the new religion, if welcomed, will overshadow the traditional religions
B) the Europeans who brought the new religion were lepers
C) all those who join the new religion would become lepers
D) religion invites diseases
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 110:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.
Henchard arranged a meeting with Susan that the Ring instead of in his house because
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A) the Ring was a meeting-warden for lovers
B) the Ring was a spot for appointments of furtive kind
C) Susan was ashamed to come over to his house
D) his reputation as the church-warden and mayor was at stake
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The correct answer is D .