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 901: The speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called
Options:
A) a prologue
B) an epilogue
C) a dirge
D) a monologue
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 902: Kofi had to live under a master and go to school in keta because
Options:
A) his mothr lived in keta
B) his father was transfer ti abor
C) he lost his school fees to gamblers
D) his father's school was a junior school
E) his father wanted to punish him.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 903: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'Today's my last day here. I'm done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I don't know why they really hired me. They're talking to dad behind my back. Begging for favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tendersKen Kamoche: A fragile HopeThe technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is
Options:
A) flashback
B) stream of consciousness
C) foreshadowing
D) play-within-the-play
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 904:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Zeugma is a figurative device in which a
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A) noun refers to two parts of an expression
B) conjunction governs two parts of an expression
C) verb refers to two parts of an expression
D) pronoun governs two parts of an expression
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 905:
This question is based on Literary Principles
''They came on like a whirlwind, and dashed over the line snorting, kicking, squealing in a compact, pie bald tossing mob of bay,brown, grey backs, eyes staring, necks extended, nostrils red,long tails, streaming. As soon as they had leaped upon the road the thick dust flew upwards from under their hoofs, and within six yards of Glorgio only a brown cloud with vague forms of necks and cruppers rolled by, making the soil tremble..
Joseph Conrald: Nostromo
The passage above describes a troop of
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A) cows
B) elephants
C) camels
D) horses
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 906: This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (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 Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
In Cope's Sonnet VII, poets are presented as
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A) recluses
B) travellers
C) sociologists
D) researchers
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 907:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A metrical foot of two stressed or long syllables is called
Options:
A) a spondee
B) a trochee
C) an anapest
D) an iamb
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 908:
These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's. The old Man and the Medal.
The disagreement between Mvondo and Nti centres on the latter's claim to have
Options:
A) eaten the entire entrails of sheep
B) eate more than his share of the food
C) been in a whiteman's office
D) assisted Meka in getting the medal
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 909:
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt
The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES'REVOLT.
In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?
Options:
A) Cure cross-piece
B) Hurt their husbands
C) Forestall reconciliation
D) Seeks peace
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 910:
This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The last major battle in the novel is the battle
Options:
A) of the Cowshed
B) of the Windmill
C) to oust Mr.Jones
D) to overthrow Snowball
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The correct answer is B .