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 801:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore so do our minutes hasten to their end.'
In the lines above, Shakespeare is thinking of the
Options:
A) passing of time and shortness of life
B) swift passing of waves from shore to shore
C) passing of time from hours to minutes and second
D) movement of pebbles to the shore
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 802: these questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.the medicine man links the lump discovered on the head of Nnu Ego at birth, to the
Options:
A) wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadi's wife
B) coming back of the Agunwa to the society to live again
C) ill-luck and tragic events attributed to a predestined fate
D) possession of physical admirable qualities that makes her an epitoma of perfection
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 803:
'Nature sent him into the world strong and lusty, in a thriving condition, wearing his own hair on his head the proper branches of this reasoning vegetable, until the axe of intemperance has lopped off his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk...'
In this passage, axe of intemperance means
Options:
A) hot temper
B) cool temper
C) evil mind
D) recklessness.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 804: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
A reference beyond the immediate purview of what is being presented is known as
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A) allusion
B) diversion
C) inversion
D) imagery
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 805:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation
'As soon as the fellows were departed, the lawyer,
Who had, it seems, a case of pistols in the seat of the coach, informed the company, that if it had been daylight, and he could have submitted to the robbery; he likewise set forth that he had often met highwaymen when he travelled on horseback, but none ever durst attack him; concluding, that if he had not been more afraid for the lady than for himself, he should not have now parted with his money so easily.'
Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding
It can be inferred that the lawyer mentioned above is a
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A) brave man
B) law-enforcement agent allowed to carry pistols
C) coward
D) gallant man who always protects ladies
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 806: 'Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?'is a memorable lines from Julius Caesar by
Options:
A) Brutus
B) Mark Antony
C) Octavius Caesar
D) Cassius
E) Julius Caesar
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 807: Point out the odd item in this list
Options:
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) Ozidi
C) Tom Sawyer
D) A Raisin in the Sun
E) Kongi's Harvest
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 808:
In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the___________
Options:
A) fear of natural disasters
B) uncertainties of life
C) futility of war
D) essence of mankind and nature
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 809: There knells a jigger, a louse, a weevil, a flea, a bedbug! He is mistletoe, a parasite that lives on the trees of other people's!
The speaker uses a string of
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A) Metaphors
B) parables
C) hyperboles
D) riddles
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 810: These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....The lines depict James as a
Options:
A) traditionalist
B) christian
C) pagan
D) muslim
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The correct answer is A .