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 811:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Abbas the beggar is a symbol of
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A) the end justifying the means
B) the rich also crying
C) pride before perdition
D) courage amidst adversity
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 812: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'Go tell Overami that he has nothing to fear from the white men in matter of fair play....'In the above statement, the White man expects Ovonramwen to
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A) allow the Whiteman free access to Benin
B) accept gifts from the Whiteman in exchange for land
C) surrender himself to the whiteman
D) surrender his chiefs who are in hiding
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 813: Who accompanied Kongi on his retreat
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A) Oba Danlola
B) No one
C) Seyi
D) Daodu
E) The secretary
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 814:
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.
In his reaction to his friend's death, the mood of the poet, in 'For CHristopher Okigbo' is that of
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A) shock
B) disbelief
C) acceptance
D) grief
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 815:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Mrs. Hardcastle is depicted as
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A) a potential aristocrat
B) an obedient wife
C) a frustrated mother
D) highly unsociable
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 816: These questions are based on general Literary principlesA character who re-enacts familiar experiences that readers easily identify with is
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A) round character
B) stock character
C) static character
D) flat character
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 817:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.The body perishes, the heart stays young.
The platter wears away with serving food.
No log retains its bark when old,
No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.From the poem above, "No lover peaceful while the rival weeps" means that
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A) the pain of one lover is felt by the other
B) there is no permanent love
C) there is true and permanent love
D) the two lovers weep together
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 818: The theme of Gabriel Okara's 'piano and Drums' is usually summed up in the phrase
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A) clash of cultures
B) primal youth of the African
C) beauty of the Concerto
D) the decay of African Civilization.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 819:
He would like some good Fufu, but without a lot of meat, street Fufu is miserable food, and with meat the cost will crucify a man completely.
The man in this passage is obviously
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A) a rich man
B) a poor man
C) an ignorant man
D) a rich ignorant man
E) a poor unthinking man
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 820:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
' ... In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?'
In Keats ' Ode on a Grecian Urn', the recurrent use of the rhetorical question in the lines above suggests
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A) admiration and amazement
B) confusion and fear
C) shock and surprie
D) worry and sadness
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The correct answer is A .