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 141:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A character who does not develop or experience change in the course of his or her existence in a novel is a
Options:
A) round character
B) flat character
C) rounded character
D) major character
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 142:
The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because_____
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A) man by nature has the tendencies to be lazy
B) of the need for human survival
C) God wants man to feel less of himself
D) of the space for God's worship
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 143:
This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
The preoccupation of the novel is
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A) the life and times of Julian Odili
B) Norman Obi's courtship of Effua
C) the benefits of the extended family in Nigeria
D) the travails and successes of Nkem and Odili
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 144: To be complete, a play MUST have
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A) a prologue
B) an epilogue
C) dramatic irony
D) a conflict
E) several soliloquies.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 145:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
X: I am told he's a man of an excellent understanding
Y: Is he?
X: Very generous.
Y: I believe I shall like him.
X: Young and brave.
Y: I'm sure I shall like him.
X: And very handsome.
Y:....,I'll have him.
Who are the speakers X and Y and about whom are they speaking ?
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A) Neville and Kate about Hastings
B) Kate and her mother about Marlow
C) Miss Hardcastle and Mr. Hardcastle about Tony
D) Mr. Hardcastle and Kate about Marlow
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 146:
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
A play which mainly aims at provoking excessive laughter is called.
Options:
A) COMEDY
B) A FARCE
C) SATIRE
D) A TRAGIC-COMEDY
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 147:
This question i based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'... I think our country skins beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds.'
Who made the above statement and to whom?
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A) Macduff to Ross
B) Malcolm to Macduff
C) Malcolm to Ross
D) Macduff to Malcolm.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 148: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
'' We are here to die of rage! say die of rage because this time the uncircumcised have gone too far...''
The word uncircumcised in the statement above by Nti refers to
Options:
A) Nua and Mvondo
B) the whites
C) the people of Doum
D) the white farmers
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 149:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' is preoccupied with the
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A) relieveing effect of the song on the reaper's
B) enduring impact of the reaper's song
C) sweetest human voice of the poet ever heard
D) similarity between the voice of the reaper and the cuckoo-bird
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 150:
From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four
The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.
Room 101 symbolises a place of________???
Options:
A) rest
B) fun
C) humiliation
D) torture
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The correct answer is D .