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 271:
This Question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
OKORO: I'll kill her today.
IDAMA: No, you won't. There, run, Koko, oh,
I say run![He pushes her gently but
firmly towards her room]
The event above happens in
Options:
A) lyara when Okoro discovrs Koko's infidelity
B) Erhuwaren whn Koko suspects and accuses her husband
C) Erhuwaren when Okoro suspects Koko of infidelity
D) Erhuwaren before Koko's return from lyara
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 272: This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
James Ofosu's desire is to see Maanan trained as
Options:
A) a choreographer
B) an attorney
C) an accountant
D) a surgeon
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 273:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'...Ha! That motoka is motoka
It belongs to the Minister of Fairness
Who yesterday was loaded with a doctorate
At Makerere with whisky...
Plus I hear the literate thighs of an undergraduate'
The above stanza from Theo Luzuku's 'The Motoka' demonstrates that the minister is
Options:
A) corrupt and immoral
B) a gifted doctoral graduate of Makerere
C) an owner of a motor-car which is laden with whisky
D) underserving of the literate thighs of an undergraduate
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 274:
'And so Tom awoke 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
Options:
A) is working indoors
B) is wearing warm clothes
C) is doing his duty
D) has just woken from sleep
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 275:
'I am jealous and passonate
Like Jehovah, God of the Jews.'
J.P Clark: Olokun
A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is
Options:
A) simile
B) paradox
C) metaphor
D) hyperbole
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 276:
Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated in an instance is
Options:
A) paradox
B) parody
C) parallelism
D) metonymy
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 277:
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes
Options:
A) stops the main story to narrate other events
B) creates a lot of funny episodes
C) puts too many difficulties in Adans way
D) shows that Francis is weaks
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 278:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
Nwaka's hostility to Ezeulu is attributable to
Options:
A) his great wealth and sense of importance
B) the rivalry between Umuneora and Umuachala
C) the instigation of Ezidemili
D) his jealousy of Ezeulu's mysterious powers
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 279: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
'' We are here to die of rage! say die of rage because this time the uncircumcised have gone too far...''
The word uncircumcised in the statement above by Nti refers to
Options:
A) Nua and Mvondo
B) the whites
C) the people of Doum
D) the white farmers
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 280: 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
In Milton's On His Blindness, the poet's attitude towards his blindness is one of
Options:
A) anger
B) sorrow
C) fortitude
D) apathy
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The correct answer is C .