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 71:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Which of the following is central to narrative fiction?
Options:
A) Sequence of events
B) Dialogue
C) Objectivity
D) Subjectivity
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 72: In 'Fulani Cattle', the poet expresses
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A) his belief that cattles are meant to be slaughtered by men
B) regret that there will soon not be enough cattle to go round
C) the idea that cattle are created strong to enable them endure the long journey from the north to the south
D) sympathy for the cattle that are driven from the north to the south of Nigeria to be slaughtered
E) admiration for the sharp knife with which the cattle are slaughtered.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 73:
This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.
The old man's experience is a lesson in
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A) endurance and hardwork
B) happiness and reliance
C) indolence and regret
D) achievement and celebration
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 74: These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.The poet persona in Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is willing to praise the ladies eyes for
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A) six decades
B) two centuries
C) a century
D) thirty thousand years
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 75:
'Had I the heaven's embroidered cloths; Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths of night and light and the half-lighgt i would spread the cloths under your feet: But |, being poor, have only my dreams; l have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams'.
The poet of these lines
Options:
A) shows cheap love
B) is incapable of seriousness
C) consider heaven's cloth worthless
D) is a sensitive, serious lover
E) is an unrealistic, wishful man
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 76: what is the subject of Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth?
Options:
A) The size of the universe
B) The immensity of Nature
C) Death
D) Growth
E) A long journey
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 77: This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.&lsquo ...where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf. &rsquo The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?
Options:
A) danger
B) calmness
C) pity
D) saddness
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 78:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Cast in a play refers to
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A) all the actors
B) three of the actors
C) a few of the actors
D) an exclusive social class in the play
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 79:
Define rhyme?
Options:
A) comparing two things using “like” or “as”
B) the repetition of a letter
C) the repetition of an ending sound
D) the repetition of vowel sounds
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 80:
This question is based on Literary Principles
'History's stammerer when will your memory master the vowels of your father's name?
Niyi Osundare: Waiting Laughter's
The literary device used in the excerpt above is
Options:
A) apostrophe
B) rhetorical question
C) pun
D) run-on-line
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The correct answer is A .