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 1071:
This question is based on BAT.
Read the excerpt and answer the question:
"Bat!
Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."
The theme of this excerpt is____
Options:
A) All of the above
B) the poet's right to Individual choice
C) the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
D) the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1072:
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.
Tanure Ojaide's The Owl Wakes Us' portrays a society that is
Options:
A) unstable
B) hunted by the owl
C) gripped with fear
D) peaceful
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1073: This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Which of the following characters fight against vague idealism in life?
Options:
A) major Petkoff
B) Captain Bluntschli
C) Catherine
D) Raina
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1074:
The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the
Options:
A) objective
B) first-person
C) subjective
D) third-person
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1075: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is
Options:
A) eulogy
B) anthology
C) lampoon
D) premiere
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1076: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'In any case with the help of the loyal armed forces thank God, the incipient revolt had been quickly mastered, and the recalcitrant farmers had been finally persuaded back into fulfilling their patriotic duties of starving in order that the rulers might live and belch'. Kolera Koleji by Femi Osofisan The two most prominent weapons of satire in this passage are
Options:
A) understatement and hyperbole
B) irony and metaphor
C) simile and personification
D) irony and understatement
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1077:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.DUKE:...Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped To thee the book even of my secret soul.
What exactly has the Duke unclasped?
Options:
A) The book of his relationship with Olivia
B) The secret book of his soul
C) The details of his relationship with Viola
D) The details of his relationship with Olivia.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1078:
The hunter dies
and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies
and leaves his poverty to his anvil...
The extract above is an example of
Options:
A) epic
B) eulogy
C) ballad
D) elegy
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1079: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
The major reason for Juliet's grief is
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A) the death of her cousin
B) her reluctant marriage to the County
C) the banishment of her lover
D) her imminent death
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1080: 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 .