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 1241: Most of the information in the Trial of Brother Jero is conveyed when Brother Jero speaks to himself in dramatic monologues otherwise known as a
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A) stream of consciousness technique
B) personal conversation
C) dialogue
D) narration
E) soliloquy.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1242:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'It was not the apple that tempted Eve, but this grapefruit; thus did maren revise the tale of Paradise Lost, and even Chris, shocked as he was at such blasphemy,confessed himself tempted to agree whenever maren returned from raiding the Principal's compound, with a shirtful of booty to share, especially on a hot afternoon.'
Wole Soyinka: Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir
The passage above achieves a mock-heroic effect through the use of
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A) meiosis
B) epigram
C) allusion
D) symbolism
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1243:
This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives' Revolt
The tradition of Erhuwaren endorses
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A) polyarchy
B) anarchy
C) matriarchy
D) patriarchy
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1244:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
The epilogue in a literary composition is
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A) at the beginning
B) in the middle
C) at the end
D) just before the end
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1245: 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 1246: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African VerseThe use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the
Options:
A) anger of the peasants
B) beauty of the poem
C) distressed mood of the persona
D) arrangement of the stanzas
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1247:
This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
The play is essentially about the
Options:
A) theft of Mis Neville's trinket box
B) comedy of errors of one night
C) incompatibility of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
D) love affair between Kate and Marlow
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1248:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' could be side to examine the issue of
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A) three trees on the low sky
B) empty wine-skins
C) spiritual rebirth
D) night -fires going out
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1249:
This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____
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A) dance and songs
B) flashback.
C) foreshadowing
D) irony
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1250: The mood expressed in 'We Have Come Home' by Lenrie Peters is that of
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A) hope and joy at one's return
B) tension over the past and uncertainty of the future
C) jubilation and a sense of achievement
D) cautions optimism
E) apprehension and defeat
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The correct answer is B .