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 2051:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A novel which depicts the adventures of the main character who is usually something of a rogue is a
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A) comedy
B) fable
C) prose
D) picaresque
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 2052:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A limerick has
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A) ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
B) humour, rhyme scheme and five lines
C) formal and elaborate style and humour
D) a stinging climax, rhyme scheme and five lines
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 2053:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
''....that no man however great was greater than his people; that no one ever won judgement against his clan.''
Achebe's conclusion was that
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A) the individual should submit his will to thatof the clan
B) very few people have the ability to dictate to their clan
C) a man should impose his judgement on the clan if he is strong enough to do so
D) the clan generally ensures that the individual is reduced to weakness
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 2054:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs
Making their mock at our accursed lot.'
Claude Mickay, 'If We Must Die'
The mood in the lines above is one of
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A) disgust
B) indignation
C) fear
D) sorrow
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 2055:
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'
In the lines above. Tom is warm because he
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A) has just woken from sleep
B) is doing his duty
C) is wearing warm clothes
D) is working indoors
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 2056:
A travelogue is
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A) a record of the writer's experience during a journey
B) the account of the experiences of an individual during his lifeline
C) the account of the travails of a character in a novel
D) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 2057:
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink, life to the lees, all times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly. A.L. Tennyson: Ulysses
The lines above inform the reader that the poet
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A) Is determined to suffer
B) Has his poetic imagination kindled
C) Will cure his sour mood
D) Will not drink much
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 2058: These questions is based on Ferdinand Oyono's. The old Man and the Medal.Meka can best be described as
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A) a simple hearted old man
B) an impulsive old man
C) an old religious bigot
D) an egocentric old man
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 2059:
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation
Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is
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A) submissive
B) inciting
C) diplomatic
D) imploring
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 2060: This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; 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 and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is
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A) optimistic
B) pessimistic
C) romantic
D) sarcastic
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The correct answer is A .