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 1: This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.GALLWAY (untying a parcel). 'Your Highness, our Queen, Her Royal Majesty Queen Victoria, asks us to extend her very best wishes to you;...... What is contained in the parcel which Gallway unties?
Options:
A) An inner tube of a bicycle
B) A royal message from Queen Victoria
C) A framed portrait of Queen Victoria
D) A bottle of gin
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 2:
'I am informed the day recycles itself today
When I slept in the Lord in February
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless Good for a noble departure-His words
The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days
The lines above express
Options:
A) anniversary
B) procreation
C) incarnation
D) resurrection
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 3:
One of the following writers is better known as a playwright than as a novelist
Options:
A) C. Achebe
B) C. Ekwensi
C) W. Soyinka
D) J.P Clark
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 4: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'She even thinks that up in heaven Her class lies late and shores While poor black cherubs rise at seven To do celestial chores.'Countee Cullen: For a Lady I KnowThe tone of the poem above is
Options:
A) satiric
B) affectionate
C) indifferent
D) sympathetic
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 5:
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.The theme of the poem above is
Options:
A) non-peaceful nature of love
B) diminishing nature of love
C) permanence of love
D) decaying nature of wood
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 6:
From the novel; Twelfth Night
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
Options:
A) Love at first sight
B) Unrequited love
C) Illusion and reality
D) Humor and Tragedy
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 7:
In drama, the protagonist is ________
Options:
A) the writer of the drama
B) the leading character
C) the “nice guy”
D) the actor
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 8:
Don't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset...try to regain your composure.
The speaker in the excerpt above is
Options:
A) hopeless
B) afraid
C) confident
D) uncertain
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 9:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique found in drama in which the audience knows what the actor does not know is called
Options:
A) stage direction
B) dramatic irony
C) setting
D) improvisation
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 10:
This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
The island in the novel is a
Options:
A) symbol of peace
B) hide out for children during the war
C) symbol of innocence
D) world of abundance
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The correct answer is C .