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 1161:
From the novel; Twelfth Night
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by
Options:
A) the idea of love
B) the food of love
C) music
D) entertainment
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1162: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is
Options:
A) assonance
B) onomatopoeia
C) alliteration
D) parallelism
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1163:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
Though we knew that something was wrong with our society, we made no attempt to assess it.
Trinidad was too unimportant and we could never be convinced of the value of reading the history of a place which was, as everyone said, only a dot on the map of the world.
The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul
The writer here maintains that Trinidad
Options:
A) was too insignificant to have a history
B) was so small that its people did not value its history
C) was a mere dot and did not therefore attract people's attention
D) lacked historical significance bcause it could not compete with the rest of the world.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1164:
...... is also called a dynamic character
Options:
A) Protagonist
B) Round character
C) Flat character
D) Foil
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1165: This question is based on General Literary Principles
Black theater is drama concerned with
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A) mourners dressed in black
B) actors of black origin
C) the identity of black Americans
D) Africans of West Indian origin
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1166:
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: 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 in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example ofIn Houseman's To an Athlete Dying Young, the persona addresses the dead athlete using
Options:
A) Monologue
B) Dialogue
C) Apostrophe
D) Prologue
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1167: Mother, didn't you hear me? I've brought the goat, hen and yams. Don't you want them anymore? Why do you continue to look at me like that? I haven't done anything wrong, again, have I? Answer me, speak to me, mother'
The dominant mood in this passage is one of
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A) Sadness
B) anxiety
C) anger
D) nonchalance
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1168: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.What can you infer about Benvolio based on his interaction with Romeo and parents
Options:
A) Benvolio is a troublemaker
B) Benvolio is a cabinet maker
C) Benvolio is kingmaker
D) Benvolio is a peacemaker
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1169:
"In the cold hand of death...
His mouth was cotton filled, his man-pike
Shrunk to a sub-soil grub
His head was hallowed and his brain
On scales-was this a trick to prove
Fore-knowledge after death?"Based on Wole Soyinka's '' Post Mortem, one of the techniques employed by this poet is the use of
Options:
A) juxtaposition
B) rhetoric
C) iambic meter
D) allusions
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1170: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.In a narrative poem,the poet attempts to
Options:
A) describe a place
B) preach a sermon
C) tell a story
D) summarize a story
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The correct answer is C .