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 1721:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is
Options:
A) censure
B) aesthetics
C) philosophy
D) philology
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1722:
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt
The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.
"Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______
Options:
A) front of the veranda of Okoro's house
B) the-kitchen, upstairs
C) Okoro’s front yard, down stage
D) the direction of the kitchen, off stage
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1723:
In J.P Clark's Olokun', the line
'So drunken like ancient walls'
Means that the worshipers are drunken with
Options:
A) wine served at Olokun's altar
B) sacred water since Olokun rules the sea
C) bounties to be bestowned by Olokun
D) intense awe of Olokun
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1724:
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 .
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Question 1725:
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child
The success of the novel lies in the author's
Options:
A) realistic portrayal of Laye's conurtship with Marie
B) effective use of sociological and fictional materials
C) recreation of an African childhood in Conakry
D) use of traditional elements for colour
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1726: Marcus Antonius roused the public to mutiny in his funeral speech in Julius Ceasar partly because he succeeded in discrediting Brutus ans Cassius by calling them 'honorable men', when in fact he consciously organized his speech to prove that they were dishonorable. This device is known as
Options:
A) allegory
B) hyperbole
C) irony
D) 'O Julius Caesar! thou art might yet!
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1727:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of
Options:
A) reinforcement
B) enjambment
C) contrast
D) amplification
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1728: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is
Options:
A) art of poetry
B) adventure
C) contempt for literature
D) isolation
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1729: 'Night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest, that have but laboured to attain this hour'. Brutus' words in the above lines come
Options:
A) after the conclution of the plan to kill caesar
B) soon after his wife's insisted to know the object of his unusual brooding
C) as part of his famous address to his fellow Romans
D) during a brief meeting between him and Cassius on how to counter the forces of Octavius and Antony
E) after his defeat by the forces of Octavius and Antony.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1730:
What does the playwright do?
Options:
A) Writes a poem
B) Writes a book
C) Writes a play
D) Directs a drama
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The correct answer is C .