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 1561:
This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Li got more accustomed to her home because she
Options:
A) grew a little more religious
B) had greater hold on her stern father
C) found greater solace in an outside relationship
D) became closer to tradition
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1562:
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is
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A) auditory
B) gustatory
C) tactile
D) visual
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1563:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may
see he's consumptive.
Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of
the symptoms.
Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,
Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way
Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.
Hard: And truly so am I;...
What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?
Options:
A) Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit
B) Tony walks across the stage
C) There is a knocking at the door
D) Kate enters begging for calm
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1564:
THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.
'Wisely and slow. The stumble that run fast'.
This note of caution comes from
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A) Benvolio to Mercutio
B) Capulet to Paris
C) Friar to Romeo
D) Nurse to Juliet.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1565:
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Laye's first-person narrative techinique
Options:
A) makes the work very humorous
B) makes his work less realistic
C) quickens the tempo of his narrative
D) makes his story more believable
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1566: This question is based on Ademiluyi's The New Man.
The metamorphosis that takes place in the novel is manly due to
Options:
A) disillusionment
B) greed and avarice
C) love and affection
D) selfishness
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1567:
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.
The impression created of life in Kofi Awoonor's
'Songs of Sorrow' is that of
Options:
A) an enjoyable tour
B) a difficult journey
C) a pleasant journey
D) an uneventful tour
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1568: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'You do not have to be brutal to be a soldier, or rather you are brutal not because you are a soldier, but because there is a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army uniforms to give them expression.'Festus lyayi:HeroesThe speaker here contends that
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A) soldiers are generally wicked
B) human nature has to do with a profession
C) soldiers are characteristically gentle
D) the latent brutality in man finds expression in war
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1569: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.How does Question Gertrude finally die?
Options:
A) Through strangulation
B) By venomed sword
C) from poisoned drink
D) of snake bite
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1570:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An insincere literary work is known as
Options:
A) parody
B) paradox
C) satire
D) pathos
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The correct answer is A .