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 991: This question is based on selected poem 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
'The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow's anguish.'
The widow in the lines above in Launko's End of the War is in anguish because of the
Options:
A) confirmation of her husband's death
B) uncertainty over husband returning alive
C) delay in the husband's return from the battlefield
D) death of all the soldiers in the battlefield
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 992:
The mood of Diop's 'Vanity' is__________
Options:
A) expressed through rhetorical questions
B) condemnation
C) expressed through the use of innuendos
D) concern
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 993: This question is based on General Literary Principles.In a tragic play the device used to reduce tension is known as
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A) comic relief
B) rhetoric
C) anti-climax
D) climax
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 994: 'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.''And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as
Options:
A) smart
B) sick
C) weak
D) strong
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 995:
She said you just had to make an emotional commitment in marriage. It was like skiing, you could not see in advance what would happen but you had to let go. Maybe that was why I failed, because I didn't know what I had to let go of. For me it hadn't been like skiing, it was more like jumping off a cliff. That was the feeling I had all the time I was married, in the air, going down, waiting for the smash at the bottom.
The passage indicates that the author's experience in marriage was
Options:
A) exhilarating like skiing
B) steeped in boredom and monotony
C) full of fear of the unknown
D) fraught with grief and despair
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 996:
From the novel; Twelfth Night
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes
Options:
A) Maria
B) Olivia
C) Roderigo
D) Viola
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 997: This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.'The lines above from Acqah's In the Navel of the Soul depict
Options:
A) contradiction
B) inevitability
C) progress
D) awareness
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 998:
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
For a play to be successful on stage, it must not be short of
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A) audiences
B) speeches
C) actions
D) characters
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 999:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The word 'image' is associated with
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A) attitude
B) mood
C) tone
D) abstraction
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1000:
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 .