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 171:
'Oshor:...Winds howl forth-howl forth,
Hold back hold back-is the time- oh
Endless time-slung in oblivion,
Make minced meat of your prey.'
Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon.
The literary device used is
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A) parallelism
B) irony
C) onomatopoeia
D) repetition
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 172: These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse.The tone of Cope's Sonnet VII is generally
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A) persuasive
B) optimistic
C) mournful
D) humorous
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 173: This question is based on General Literary Principles
A group of three lyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as
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A) triplet
B) triolet
C) trilogy
D) triad
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 174:
'Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me;
And, we like friends, will straightway go together'. This statement by Julius Caesar is an example of
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A) dramatic dialogue
B) monologue
C) mistaken identity
D) dramatic irony
E) paradox
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 175:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Symbol of fruitfulness, symbol of barrenness Mother and destroyer, the calm and the storm!
Life and desire and dreams and death
Frank Collymore, Hymn to the Sea,
The address to the sea in the lines above is done by the use of
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A) personification
B) praise
C) symbolism
D) apostrophe
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 176:
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.
'I said I had the tree. It wasn't true. The opposite was true. The tree had me'.
From Robert Frosts ' Wild Grapes' is
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A) the adventures of some wild children in the forest
B) the dramatic suspension of a child on a tree
C) the successful climbing of an adventurous boy
D) reminiscence of man's transcendentalism
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 177: Because he was transferred often, Kofi's father in 'The Narrow Path'
Options:
A) made a lot of money
B) became a very famous headmaster
C) love travelling a great deal
D) could not train his children properly
E) could save no money to build himself a house at home.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 178:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
One of the enriching features of the play is the
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A) matchmaking attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
B) manipulation of appearance and reality
C) use of rural and urban settings
D) lopsided resolution of conflicts
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 179:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
In Umuaro it is not our custom to refuse a call, although we may refuse to do what the caller asks.
Ezeulu does not want to refuse the whiteman's call and so he is sending his son!
Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God
The lines above illustrate the use of
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A) deep metaphor
B) extended proverb
C) traditional parable
D) local colour
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 180: Fletcher's Upon An Honest Man's Fortune encourages people to
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A) accept life as it is
B) condemn soothsaying
C) move in the direction of God
D) accept soothsaying
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The correct answer is C .