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 1121: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
'Detur Son-of-God had only one job hence-forward that evening: to keep an almost over solicitous eye on my glass. Even when I forgot to drink for some time the young man would come over to me and whisper in my ear:'' Come on old fellow, drink up and let me give you another. Do you want to stop me getting into Heaven?''
Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti
The mood of the quotation in this passage is
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A) tragically comic
B) deadly serious
C) playfully serious
D) humorously comic
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1122:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Nightfall! Nightfall!
You are my mortal enemy'.
The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali's 'Nightfall inSoweto' is
Options:
A) an ode
B) allusion
C) apostrophe
D) dramatic
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1123:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'And why must we be sad When the messiahs are with us to hound us and butt-gun us into greater tomorrow.'
Odia Ofeimun, ' The Messiahs'
The tone of the lines above is
Options:
A) satiric
B) sarcastic
C) indicting
D) self-pitying
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1124:
In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the___________
Options:
A) fear of natural disasters
B) uncertainties of life
C) futility of war
D) essence of mankind and nature
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1125: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.At the end of Ovonramwen's discussion with Gallway and Hutton, one can conclude that Ovonramwen is
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A) fascinated by their gifts
B) eager to sign the trade treaty presented
C) suspicious about their real intentions
D) ready to welcome them
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1126:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel......Aha! Here comes Sadiku
Do you bring some balm
To soothe the smart of my misused armpit
Away, your enemy!'
What is the nature of the balm referred to by the speaker?
Options:
A) An antiseptic ointment
B) A special method of massage
C) News about Sidi
D) A gourd of palm wine
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1127: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles."...the youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning due..."The excerpt above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of
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A) simile
B) anaphora
C) paradox
D) onomatopia
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1128:
'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______
Options:
A) Paradox
B) Cliche
C) Pun
D) Metaphor
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1129: Based on Ferdinand Oyono's the Old Man and the Medal, for his sacrifices to the church, Meka gets
Options:
A) a place near an aged leper
B) a land to build a new house
C) appointed into the church elders' council
D) the privilegde to choose a permanent place to sit
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1130: This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ” In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are
Options:
A) lascivious
B) petty
C) pretentious
D) thieves
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The correct answer is C .