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 1461: 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 1462: In Mine Boy Peter Abrahams is of the view that apartheid would cease to exist in South Africa if
Options:
A) the blacks forced out the whites
B) the whites packed their bags and went away peacefully
C) the whites became more generous and gentle to the blacks
D) black and whites stopped regarding people primarily by the colour of the skin
E) unequal treatment of the black and white at the mines was discontinued.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1463:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character
Options:
A) who has a superlative administrative style
B) with a living conscience that torments him
C) to whom past events have no significance
D) with an admirable physical appearance
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1464: In The Victims, the two old women play the role of
Options:
A) guardians of tradition
B) eavesdroppers
C) witches
D) chorus
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1465:
'He glanced at his bitten nails, and with his chin resting on his knees, said, 'well, i ask them to let me go below to visit my pa in the cell. they feel sorry for me, and say its okay. So i go down to see him, this man what made my ma's life a misery like hell, and who never had a word for me, and did nothing but give me the belt'.
From what he says, the kid in this passage
Options:
A) loves his father
B) dislikes his father
C) disowns his father
D) feels sorry for his father
E) is proud of his father.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1466: The suddenly her heart was whipped up, she now rode on strange waves: alone defying the wind and the rain; alone, fighting hunger and thirst in the desert, alone, struggling with strange demons in the forest bringing glad tidings to her people.
The mood of the lady in this passage is one of
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A) Simple defiance
B) defeat
C) triumphant
D) depression
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1467: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'The device used in the line above is
Options:
A) pun
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) simile
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1468:
'... Not a few of us ended our application letter like this: 'if you are kind enough to accomodate this humble application, Sir/Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my desposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant...' yet without English, you had no education fit for a white collar job
Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys
The tone of the passage above is
Options:
A) Melancholic
B) Ironic
C) Harsh
D) Derisive
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1469:
This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi'sThe New Man
The tension generated at Ipaja and Iwuya early in the novel is a result of
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A) Prophet Elijah's trance
B) Badejo's antigraft posture
C) the campaign for parliamentary election
D) the increase in cocoa prices
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1470:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The destruction of the conch along with Piggy's death in the novel suggests
Options:
A) degeneration into chaos
B) the loss of an exquisitely beautiful thing
C) that Ralph cannot summon a meeting anymore
D) Jack's victory over Ralph
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The correct answer is A .