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 1311: 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than the others.In the content of Animal Farm, this statement means that equality
Options:
A) is possible only under socialism
B) is possible only under capitalism
C) is not desirable
D) was possible only in the past
E) is desirable but impossible.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1312: In ''Abiku'', the statement ''Yams do not sprout in amulets To earth Abiku''s limbs....''Simply means
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A) Abiku should not be buried with amulets
B) yams and amulets are repugnant to Abiku
C) Abiku cannot be appeased
D) yams cannot grow on Abiku's grave.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1313:
The process of creating characters and endowing them with certain attitude is ......
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A) Action
B) Character
C) Characterization
D) Dramatis personae
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1314: To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus our fear in Banqo stick deep. soon after these words, macbeth is dramatically 'attended'by
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A) Banqo and his son
B) two murderers
C) lady Macbeth
D) lady Macbeth and a servant
E) Banqo
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1315:
'Earth has not anything to show more fair.
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning'.
It is suggested in this lines that
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A) the beauty of the morning gains from the beauty of the city
B) the beauty of the city gains from the beauty of the morning
C) the beauty of the city and the beauty of the morning are unrelated
D) the beauty of the same has nothing to do with either the city or the morning
E) there is no beauty on earth
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1316: Which of the following was not written by Wole Soyinka?
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A) The interpreters
B) The Lion and the jewel
C) The Trials of Brother Jero
D) Kongi's Harvest
E) The Strong Breed.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1317:
'For i have known them all already, known them all.
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'.
The tone in these lines suggest
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A) the authors desire to accomplish more in life
B) anxiety and tension
C) tediousness and boredom
D) anger and exasperation.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1318:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In the poem 'Night' Neto suggests that the oppressed
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A) do not believe in victory
B) are never willing to fight for their rights
C) are no longer willing to fight for their right
D) are determined to give meaning to their life
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1319:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
'I die, yet depart not,
I am bound, yet soar free;
Thou art and thou art not,
And ever shall be!'
'The City of Dreams' by Robert Buchanan. The literary device consciously used in the above extract is
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A) metaphysical conceit
B) paradox
C) oxymoron
D) meiosis
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1320: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.The predominant device in Launko's End of war is
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A) antithesis
B) oxymoron
C) paradox
D) onomatopoeia
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The correct answer is C .