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 1441: In Kongi's Harvest, there is a struggle for power between Kongi and
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A) Daudo
B) Oba Danlola
C) Segi's father
D) the Aweri fraternity
E) the people
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1442: These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.The prevailing theme of the play is
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A) love
B) social decadence
C) self-will
D) affluence
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1443:
Define rhyme?
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A) comparing two things using “like” or “as”
B) the repetition of a letter
C) the repetition of an ending sound
D) the repetition of vowel sounds
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1444:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A metrical foot of two stressed or long syllables is called
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A) a spondee
B) a trochee
C) an anapest
D) an iamb
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1445:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.'Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned.
He knew this was one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.'
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth.
The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of
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A) labyrinth
B) drowning
C) forgetfulness
D) trance
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1446:
'what happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?'
In the above lines, the poet achieves special effect by the use of
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A) transferred epithet
B) synecdoche
C) alliteration
D) simile.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1447: The Yoruba incantatory poem, 'When a Strainer Takes in Water', is meant to be recited in order to
Options:
A) excape capture
B) promote sales
C) ensure good harvest
D) escape retribution
E) prevent road mishaps
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1448: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.In Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation, freedom is to be achieved through the efforts of
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A) the old generation
B) new generation
C) present generation
D) successive generation
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1449: In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because
Options:
A) Pip had in a haste forgotten to pack those old shoes of his
B) they wanted to play a practical joke on Pip for the last time
C) Pip had made them angry by his joy to leave home
D) they believede that the act would bring him good luck.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1450:
From the novel; Twelfth Night
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
DUKE:... Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped?
Options:
A) The book of his relationship with Olivia
B) The secret of his soul
C) The details of his relationship with Viola
D) The details of his relationship with Olivia
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The correct answer is D .