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 1601:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Lineation refers to
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A) tracing family descent of poeple in verse
B) the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
C) the arrangement of lines in verse from
D) the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1602:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that complained in his hair.'
John Updike, Wash
The images set in the lines above are of
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A) the days of Noah
B) rain and flood in June
C) discomfort and likely destruction
D) an animal, insects and fun
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1603:
'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
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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 1604:
"... They do not see the funeral plies, At home eating up the forests..." J.P Clark: Casualties"
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through______
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A) Metaphor
B) Personification
C) Synecdoche
D) Metonymy
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1605:
'But 't is strange:
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instrument of darkness tells us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betrays in deepest consequences'.
These words were spoken by
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A) Banquo
B) Macbeth
C) Malcolm
D) Lady Macbeth
E) Macduff.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1606: 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.The subject matter of Adeoti's Naked Soles is
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A) soul and mind
B) hunger and strife
C) suffering and despair
D) hatred and bitterness
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1607: Kaunda's reminiscences of his boyhood in Lubwa were
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A) completely happy
B) a mixture in Lubwa and hatred of his playmates
C) dominated by entirely painful incidents
D) a mixture od sad and happy expiriences
E) a combination of regret and hatred of the teachers
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1608:
This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles_____________
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A) Paragraph
B) Theme
C) Chapters
D) Characters
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1609:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
The initial reluctance of the Petkoff's family to accept Bluntschli's marriage proposition to Raina was on the account of his
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A) Major Petkoff
B) Captain Bluntschli
C) Catherine
D) Raina
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1610:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
In literary criticism, a casual reference to a figure or an event is regarded as an
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A) alliteration
B) allegory
C) allusion
D) ambiguity
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The correct answer is C .