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.
-
Question 21: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'The device used in the line above is
Options:
A) pun
B) personification
C) metaphor
D) simile
Show Answer
The correct answer is D .
-
Question 22: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a
Options:
A) stanza in poetry
B) meter in poetry
C) trope in poetry
D) verse in poetry
Show Answer
The correct answer is A .
-
Question 23:
This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.
'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ......
The speaker above is referring to
Options:
A) Hannah and George
B) Aaron and Maanan
C) Lawyer B and Mrs. B
D) Fosuwa and Maidservant
Show Answer
The correct answer is B .
-
Question 24: What basically distinguishes Literature from other disciplines is its
Options:
A) use of creative imagination
B) exposition of human experience
C) communication of ideas
D) portrayal of places
Show Answer
The correct answer is A .
-
Question 25: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.The author successfully conveys his message through
Options:
A) interior monologue
B) comedy of manners
C) satirical performances
D) comedy of errors
Show Answer
The correct answer is D .
-
Question 26: This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.One of the pictures Bigger sees on the pamphlet given to him by Jan is that of a
Options:
A) knife and a sword
B) knife and gun
C) hammer and a sickle
D) matchet and a hammer
Show Answer
The correct answer is C .
-
Question 27: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
An autobiography becomes a literary work when
Options:
A) it is a faithful account of the author's
B) it underlines the salient events in the author's life
C) it relates the author's life to the major events of the day
D) its value resides principally in its style
Show Answer
The correct answer is D .
-
Question 28:
This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
'And in spite of everything, in the soft cradle of her heart, there was another baby forming'.
What baby is being referred to in the above statement?
Options:
A) The stillborn
B) The reunion of Li and Habu
C) Li's expected baby
D) The meeting of Shuwa and her father
Show Answer
The correct answer is B .
-
Question 29:
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.....How can i look at Oyo and say i
Hate long shiny cars? How can i
Come to the children and despise
International schools?
And Koomson comes, and the
Family sees Jesus Christ in him....The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of
Options:
A) anger
B) alienation
C) hope
D) despair
Show Answer
The correct answer is D .
-
Question 30:
This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea epitomizes
Options:
A) the relationship between a man and a fish
B) the vain expectations of man
C) life on the high seas
D) a fulfilled life
Show Answer
The correct answer is B .