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 511:
This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.
"To fly flags of joy" Two figures of speech used here are
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A) alliteration and personification
B) onomatopoeia and simile
C) metaphor and alliteration
D) simile and personification
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 512:
This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
Who is Mr Cole?
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A) a black tenant at the first apartment at England
B) Adah's colleague at the Consulate
C) Adah's nephew she's forced to live with after Pa's death
D) Adah's elementary school teacher
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 513:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
From the tragedy of Tess, it can be said that Thomas Hardy is concerned with the evils of
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A) modernization
B) industrialization
C) democratization
D) colonization
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 514:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by
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A) a famale prophet
B) Desdemona's maid
C) Othello's mother
D) Othello's lover.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 515:
'...He would be crown'd.
How that may change his nature, there's the question
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
And that craves wary walking...'
According to this passage, the crowning of Julius Caesar is
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A) extremely desirable
B) bound to change Caesar's nature for the better
C) bound to promote the breeding of adders
D) something to be approached with great caution
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 516: This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
'Pregnant clouds
Ride Safely on its back'
pregnant clouds in Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm implies
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A) uncertainty
B) calmness
C) disbelief
D) fertility
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 517: The speaker in 'When a Strainer Takes in Water invokes a series of natural impossibilities in order to
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A) to display bhis magical powers as a traditional priest
B) show the poetic beauty of incantatory songs
C) show the marvel about natural objects
D) practise witchcraft on his enemies
E) psychologically and magically disarm his enemies.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 518:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .
Ramatoulaye's attitude to her co-wife is that of
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A) jealousy
B) anger
C) contempt
D) pity
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 519:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .
'...princes master their feelings to fulfil their duties 'Others' bend their heads and, in silence, accept a destiny that oppresses them. That, briefly put, is the internal ordering of our society, with its absurd divisions....'
In the above excerpt from her letter to Mawdo Ba, Aissatou sees society as
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A) benefiting the ruling classes
B) unequal and unjust
C) oppressing the working classes
D) giving every person his just deserts
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 520:
Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________
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A) opposite
B) similar
C) symbolic
D) repetitive
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The correct answer is B .