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 651:
Baba Fakunle: How much did he give you boy?
Boy: Ten cowries, Baba.
Baba Fakunle: Hand him back nine.
The order to return nine cowries was given by Baba Fakunle because he
Options:
A) wanted to spit the King by taking only one cowrie
B) felt insulted that he was given only ten cowries
C) did not want to meddle with leprous monry given with bloody hands
D) wanted to emphasize that the messanger of Olodumare takes only one cowrie.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 652:
This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
In the novel, Boxer is respected for his
Options:
A) duplicity
B) reticence
C) intellect
D) hard work
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 653:
Okara's reminiscence in the "Piano and Drums" as to how he walks to the farm with no shoes, marching thorns and dangerous leafs, and still finds this enjoyable creates a feeling of___________
Options:
A) nostalgia
B) neglect of African culture for civilized styles
C) clash of culture
D) confusion
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 654:
This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.'Ordaley ignored the two young women plating their hair because she didn't want to generate another war with a simple greeting'
The image depicted in the lines above is
Options:
A) ironic
B) personification
C) hyperbolic
D) metaphoric
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 655:
"Why should I play the Roman fool, and die
On mine own sword?"Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies
Options:
A) acting the part of a foolish Roman
B) behaving like Brutus and Mark Anthony
C) acting like foolish Romans who killed themselves with their own hands
D) acting the Part of a Roman fool in a play
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 656:
This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The persona in the poem 'To the Soldier Hero' by Mazisi Kunene is portrayed as being
Options:
A) blood thirsty
B) brave
C) humane
D) fearful, yet patriotic
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 657: These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo is banished to Mantua because he
Options:
A) marries Juliet without parental consent
B) attends Capulet's party uninvited
C) attempts to kill Paris his rival
D) kills Tybalt in a street duel
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 658: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
'But he had to go out, he had to go and borrow some money, If only one naira so that he and his wife could eat if only one naira ! But who would lend him the money? He didn't know. Friends were few indeed. Nobody would lend him money knowing fully well that he hadn't the means to pay back'
Violence by Festus Lyayi
The greater emphasis in this passage is on the
Options:
A) feling of doubt
B) feeling of despair
C) feeling of desperation
D) sence of failure
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 659:
The characterisation of Othello maybe pointed out in that__________
Options:
A) he remains at a distance from much of the action that concerns and affects him at the beginning
B) he refuses to appoint Iago as the Lieutenant
C) although he is a cultural outsider in Venice, his military skills are valuable to the State
D) Iago sees him as an enemy
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 660:
From the novel; Animal farm
This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to
Options:
A) spur them to action
B) entertain them
C) display his ability to sing
D) teach them how to sing an anthem
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The correct answer is A .