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 371:
'poisonous pleasure of wine' illustrates the use of_______
Options:
A) antithesis
B) metaphor
C) oxymoron
D) synecdoche
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 372:
'Earth has not anything to show more fair.
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning'.
It is suggested in this lines that
Options:
A) the beauty of the morning gains from the beauty of the city
B) the beauty of the city gains from the beauty of the morning
C) the beauty of the city and the beauty of the morning are unrelated
D) the beauty of the same has nothing to do with either the city or the morning
E) there is no beauty on earth
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 373:
Aloho begins her harvest of corruption when____________
Options:
A) she found out the truth about Chief Ade Amaka
B) she discovered she was 3 months pregnant and abortion was impossible
C) her best friend warned her about the deceitfulness of Chief Ade Amaka
D) she eventually died after giving birth to a baby girl
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 374: This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.Brother Chume as a member of Jero's congregation is
Options:
A) an informed disciple
B) a messenger to Brother Jero
C) a loyalist and a good husband
D) a disgruntled and gullible follower
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 375:
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called
Options:
A) an oratorio
B) a motet
C) an opera
D) a concert
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 376:
"They said their prayers in a monotonous sing-song,
Kneeling on their bamboo bed like camels
Waiting to be loaded."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above is
Options:
A) rhetorical question
B) simile
C) metaphor
D) mixed metaphor
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 377: This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.
'Love and loveless hate' and 'Love lusterless word' in Lenrie Peters 'She Came in Silken Drapes ] suggest that
Options:
A) love is a meaningless word
B) joy and sadness often mingle
C) love is forever sweet
D) love breeds hate
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 378:
This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.
'.... So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an important child that hath them.
New robes and may not wear.
The literary device used in the excerpt is
Options:
A) simile
B) metaphor
C) Oxymoron
D) apostrophe
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 379:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
Boateng describes the writers' studio as a place where
Options:
A) writers have been sold
B) writers work hard at their writings
C) people discuss real writing
D) writing materials are sold
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 380: What we call 'tragic flaw' is the
Options:
A) element of plot that makes a work dramatic
B) typographical error occuring in a work of drama
C) pronunciation error made by an actor on stage
D) unsuccessful play written by an other wise great dramatist
E) weakness in character responsible for the downfall of a dramatic hero.
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The correct answer is E .