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 751: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
'Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister;
And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shoot and danger of danger of desire.
The Chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
In the excerpt above, Laertes warns Ophelia to beware of Hamlet's attentions because
Options:
A) of his insanity
B) such attentions cannot be given by too young a person
C) of his mournful state
D) the sincerity of his love is in doubt
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 752:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?
Options:
A) He is a man of God
B) He distributes gifts to his followers
C) He foretells their future
D) He manipulates them
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 753:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'El - Hadji Abdou Kader Beye was received in princely style at the girl's home. The food was exquisite and the scent of incense filled N'Gone's small wooden room. Nothing was omitted in the careful process of conditioning the man.'
Sembane Ousmane, 'Xala'
The writer suggests in the passage above that El-Hadji is
Options:
A) a prince
B) a food lover
C) being entertained
D) being manipulated
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 754: Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born,the Chichidodo is hypocritical because it hates
Options:
A) shit
B) maggots
C) maggots but eats shit
D) shit but eats maggots
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 755:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Empathy is achieved when the audience
Options:
A) feels betrayed bythe director
B) denounces and humiliates the protagonist
C) vicariously participates in the stage experience
D) attacks the character foil
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 756: The difficulties of his early life taught Kaunda the value of
Options:
A) self interest
B) economy
C) changing jobs
D) self help
E) political protest
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 757:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'The eyes of the house dog sprawled between my legs followed, full envy, piece after piece of fish down the throat of his master, my host.'
Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy
The dog in the passage
Options:
A) followed his master about
B) ran after his master's fish
C) caught the fish between the legs
D) watched as his master ate the fish
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 758:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME Well it wasn't there anymore with him?
Someone who survived? Someone who managed to come home and say what exactly happened, not even a rat?
The lack of precise knowledge concerning the king''s fate as outlined in the passage above, arose as a result of the fact that
Options:
A) all the six bodyguards deserted the king
B) ofof the seven bodyguards, only came back
C) all the four bodyguards were killed
D) of the five bodyguards, only one came.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 759:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The line 'under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres' in Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth' is a good example of
Options:
A) alliteration
B) metonymy
C) contrast
D) similitude
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 760: There is a devil in me that wants things i cannot get' The speaker in the novel Mine boy' is
Options:
A) Lena
B) Drunk Liz
C) Malsey
D) Paddy
E) Eliza.
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The correct answer is E .