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 641: 'The gates of polished reed closes behind them and the west is let in.'The above are the last two lines of David Rubadins ' Stanley meets Mutesa' and they suggest that
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A) the sun setb after the arrival of Stanley
B) Stanley was shut out of Western civilization
C) Stanley symbolizes the advert of colonization
D) Stanley was very well recieved
E) Stanley thought he would be eaten up by the natives.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 642:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
The play is concerned principally with
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A) presenting the problems of social class and British mannerism
B) changing the traditional view about comedy in England
C) the construction and handling of situations and incidents
D) the presentation of a society without morals
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 643:
The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge is known as
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A) Anamnesis
B) Anagnorisis
C) Hamartia
D) Hubris
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 644: ''Troubadour, I Traverse all my land exploring all her wide flung parts with zest probing in motion sweeter far than rest her secret thickets with an amorous hand''.The above lines from Brutus 'poem' A Troubadour l Traverse'indicate that the poet
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A) is a traveller
B) an explorer who collect things
C) enjoys amorous adventures
D) loves a woman
E) has a deep-rooted love for his country
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 645:
"The sudden throb of pain" in Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Old' signifies the_________
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A) negative impacts of aging
B) difficulties of life
C) youthful age
D) uncertainties of life
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 646: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
The death of Polornius can be partly blamed on Hamlet's
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A) anger
B) procrastination
C) fear
D) disendantment
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 647:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'There was something very disturbing about his features today, there was something which suggested an untidiness of a sort rather like a cotton dress washed in salty water and worn until it reeks of human sweet. There was something very vulnerable about his looks, something quite restless.
Nuruddin Farah, 'Sweet and Sour Milk'
The passage above illustrates the use of
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A) climax
B) deus ex machina
C) trance
D) suspense
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 648: These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. 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: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.The tone of Umeh's Ambassadors of Poverty can be described as
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A) panegyrical
B) metaphorical
C) sarcastic
D) admonitory
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 649:
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The setting of The African Child is a kingdom with
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A) Islamic and modern traditions
B) pre-Islamic and Islamic traditions
C) pre-Islamic traditions
D) pre-Islamic and modern traditions
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 650:
A fable is a story in which________?
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A) allegations are made about characters
B) animal is or things are used as characters
C) there is an important setting
D) the story is told in poetic form
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The correct answer is B .