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 1571: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'Today's my last day here. I'm done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I don't know why they really hired me. They're talking to dad behind my back. Begging for favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tendersKen Kamoche: A fragile HopeThe technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is
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A) flashback
B) stream of consciousness
C) foreshadowing
D) play-within-the-play
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1572: "He had knocked his toes against so many things that he had no toenails anymore and the yaws he had suffered from his youth had twisted his toes up so that they pointed to the sky"Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal,the description above is in reference to the foot of
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A) Kelara
B) Meka
C) Egamba
D) Mvondo
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1573: Reversal of fortune as used in the criticism of a literary work describes the
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A) rise to fame of the central character
B) success of the hero or heroine
C) reward of the hero
D) sudden change in the fate of the central character.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1574:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Zeugma is a figurative device in which a
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A) noun refers to two parts of an expression
B) conjunction governs two parts of an expression
C) verb refers to two parts of an expression
D) pronoun governs two parts of an expression
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1575:
Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the above extract is
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A) earthquake
B) house movement
C) sea waves
D) storm
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1576: Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Prospero is portrayed as a man who is
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A) eager to conquer the world
B) full of mistrust for everybody
C) more interested in studying than in governance
D) dependent on the spirits of his survival
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1577: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
'But he had to go out, he had to go and borrow some money, If only one naira so that he and his wife could eat if only one naira ! But who would lend him the money? He didn't know. Friends were few indeed. Nobody would lend him money knowing fully well that he hadn't the means to pay back'
Violence by Festus Lyayi
The greater emphasis in this passage is on the
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A) feling of doubt
B) feeling of despair
C) feeling of desperation
D) sence of failure
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1578:
From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four
The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
The noveldraws a picture of______?
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A) useless past
B) a totalitarian future
C) an unstable moment
D) a peaceful atmosphere
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1579:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Mock-heroic poetry elevates
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A) the beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
B) trivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
C) the stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
D) the important tales of heroes of the past era
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1580:
''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________
Options:
A) inversion
B) paradox
C) humor
D) mood
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The correct answer is A .