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 611:
Lineation refers to
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A) the arrangement of lines in verse form
B) the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
C) the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
D) tracing family descent of poeple in verse
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 612:
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of'As if men hung here unbloom,
Their mildewed buds of love like pollen
Late caught, damp in a swollen...'
The sound devise in the stanza above from Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth is
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A) Onomatopoeia
B) repetition
C) rhythm
D) rhyme
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 613:
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The father permits his son to go to Paris because he
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A) sees no future in traditional African ways
B) is encouraged by the missionaries
C) wants him to be future leader
D) wishes to free him from blacksmithing
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 614:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse........Their eyes recede from tomorrow.
No sense of mission sustains them.'
These lines from Odia Of Ofeimun's 'The Prodigals express
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A) a longing for the past
B) a lack of grogress
C) the weight of tradition
D) an impatient attitude
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 615:
From the novel; Lonely Days
The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of_________
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A) a second person narrator
B) a first person narrator
C) an omniscient narrator
D) none
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 616:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.
Hardy employs the character of Henchard to propagate the notion of
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A) confessing our weaknesses
B) courageously combating adversity
C) taking steadfast decisions
D) accepting inevitable defeat
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 617: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
Options:
A) James agrees that Aaron and Maanan should study what they want
B) Lawyer B harasses Maanan in his office
C) Haanah, James' wife convinces him
D) Aaron and Maanan agree to read the courses James chooses for them
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 618: This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
The central conflict in the play is
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A) religious
B) romantic
C) generational
D) communal
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 619:
Pick out the odd item
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A) a Raisin in the Sun
B) Twelfth Night
C) Ozidi
D) The Concubine
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 620:
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 .