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 241:
This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
The character in the novel who best symbolizes man's pride in his ability to reason is
Options:
A) Henry
B) Maurice
C) Piggy
D) Roger
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 242:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!....
Iyase's entreaty comes when
Options:
A) the Ifa priest makes his predicitions
B) the whitemen attack Benin
C) Ovonramwen is discovered in hiding
D) Ovonramwen is asked to pay homage to the Whiteman
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 243:
This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is
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A) both undersirable and unattainable
B) attainable and desirable
C) obnoxious but desirable
D) desirable but unattainable
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 244:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
'' The old man himself does not believe in it
But when people see you doing something to get ahead, they become jealous and shout the slogans against you .''
What is being referred to in these lines?
Options:
A) Christianity
B) Pan Africanism
C) Socialism
D) Capitalism
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 245: "The madman has entered our house with violence
Defiling our sacred grounds
Claiming the single truth of the universe
Bending down our priest with iron".
Mazzizi Kunnene's progress
The imagery of the line above captures the idea of
Options:
A) coercion
B) truth
C) religiosity
D) persuasion
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 246:
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
If God is the sole author of man's life and all that befall him on earth, does it not stand to reason that all evils that befall man are God sanctioned?
If man generally turns to God to ball him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong then to conclude that He allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him?
The literary style used in the passage above is
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A) discursive
B) rhetorical
C) accusative
D) interrogative
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 247: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.' This speaker of the lines above is
Options:
A) lago
B) Cassio
C) Desdemona
D) Emilia
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 248:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .
In what particular way did Raina demonstrate that she had fallen in love with Captain Bluntschli by the end of their first meeting?
Options:
A) By giving him chocolate creams which he preferred to bullets
B) By introducing him to hermother
C) By giving him her portrait with an inscription
D) By saving his life from the Serbian soldiers
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 249:
This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The message of the novel is that
Options:
A) capitalism is as bad as communism
B) humanism isis better than aniamalism
C) communism is better than capitalism
D) no society exists where everyon is equal
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 250: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of
Options:
A) family conflict
B) British oppression
C) family tradition
D) socitetal intrigue
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The correct answer is D .