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 1961: An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
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A) pyrrhic
B) props
C) pathos
D) parody
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1962:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Thus; quixoting till a cast-off of my land I sing and fare, person to loved-one pressed braced for this pressure and the captor's hand that snaps off service like a weathered strand...
Dennis Brutus 'A Troubadour I Traverse'
In the lines above, the poet-persona expresses
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A) defiance
B) resignation
C) fear
D) sorrow
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1963:
That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. The mood conveyed here is one of _____
Options:
A) excitement
B) sadness
C) joy
D) triumph
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1964: The episode in which the priestess of Agbala takes Ezinma to the shrine at night is meant to demostrate how
Options:
A) daring Okonkwo is
B) much the priestess dislikes Okonkwo's family
C) much concerned for his family Okonkwo is
D) disrespectful to traditional office holders Umuofia is
E) rude and unfeeling the priestess is
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 1965:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse........Their eyes recede from tomorrow.
No sense of mission sustains them.'
These lines from Odia Of Ofeimun's 'The Prodigals express
Options:
A) a longing for the past
B) a lack of grogress
C) the weight of tradition
D) an impatient attitude
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1966: 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.''As if men hung here unblown,Their mildewed buds of love like pollenLate caught, damp in a swollen ...The sound device in the stanza above from Kalu Uka''s ''Earth to Earth'' is
Options:
A) onomatopoeia
B) refrain
C) rhyme
D) repetition
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1967:
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. 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; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.
The subject matter of Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is
Options:
A) the road
B) death
C) the vehicle
D) the driver
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1968:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to
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A) the character of Sir Charles Marlow
B) the prologue songs and the epilogue
C) male characters
D) female characters
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1969:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The main significance of the fire in the novel is to
Options:
A) provide warmth
B) roast meat
C) provide warning
D) provide signal
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1970: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and DaughtersA brother to Aaron and Maanan is
Options:
A) George
B) Awere
C) Hannah
D) Awao
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The correct answer is A .