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 231: This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse. In Rubadiri''s '' Stanley Meets Mutesa'', the poet portrays the hardship experienced by the explorer''s party through
Options:
A) visual and verbal images
B) visual and tactile images
C) olfactory and visual images
D) auditory and olfactory images
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 232:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place
Options:
A) simultaneously
B) intermittently
C) in a single revolution of the sun
D) within the same locale
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 233:
We sang that song before
In the thousand seasons of good harvest
And full fish fo0llowing our father's footprints
On the long shores.A poetic device consciously used by Awoonor in these lines (from more message) is
Options:
A) apostrophe
B) alliteration
C) simile
D) onomotopoeia
E) personification.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 234:
Read the extract below and answer this question.
But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the above extract is
Options:
A) earthquake
B) house movement
C) sea waves
D) storm
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 235: Which of the following adjectives best describes the character of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart?
Options:
A) Gentle
B) Quick tempered
C) Considerate
D) Meek
E) Wicked
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 236:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
By allowing Henchard to get drunk and sell off his wife, Hardy makes the point that
Options:
A) life is valueless
B) drinking is disastrous
C) Henchard is unpredictable
D) cruelty is part of life
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 237:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation."Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent
I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's
Fluorescence, dance on the pulse
Incessant. Wole Soyinka:Night
The lines above suggests that women are
Options:
A) dogmatic
B) seers
C) magicians
D) covetous
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 238:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Ocol rejects the old type.
He is in love with a modern woman
He is in love with a beautiful girl
Who speaks English.'
Okot p'Bitek, 'Song of Lawino'
The writer of the lines above
Options:
A) ridicules Ocol's value judgment
B) is critical of the modern woman
C) appraises people who speak English
D) shuns the old type of woman
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 239:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
What is the source of Aissatou's success in life?
Options:
A) Vengeance
B) Feminine courage
C) Social connections
D) Luck
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 240: Drama is essentially different from poetry because
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A) always involve many characters
B) exist mainly in action
C) uses elevated language
D) uses localized imagery
E) deals with tragic experience
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The correct answer is A .