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 1111:
This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
After impregnating Maa Tsuru, Kwei's family treats him like a
Options:
A) renegade
B) leper
C) foreigner
D) desperado
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1112: "Of o cam fastem nut one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already. He'll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistress' dog..." Shakespeare, Othello
From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is
Options:
A) disobedient
B) quarrelsome
C) drunkard
D) scheming
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1113:
This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi'sThe New Man
After listening to the soldiers' conversation, the convict decides to
Options:
A) get in touch with his relation immediately
B) hide in the bush for one day and later contact Laoye Layeni
C) hide in the bush for one week and later contact Sade
D) contact his friends who arrange his movement
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1114:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.'But, howsoever thou pursuest this act,
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother....'
The ghost exhorts young Hamlet not to kill his mother because
Options:
A) his wife is bewitched into falling for Claudius' seduction
B) the ghost wishes her to be left to the torment of her conscience
C) the ghost still loves his wife even in death
D) the young Hamlet will be guilty of matricide
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1115: Much of the poetic effect of Birago Diop's 'Viaticum' is gained by the poet's use of
Options:
A) repetition of symbolic references
B) rhetorical questions
C) exaggeration
D) flowering language.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1116: This question is based on General literacy principlesThe repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of lines is
Options:
A) parallelism
B) assonance
C) alliteration
D) pun
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1117:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
'....a man who brings ant-ridden faggots into his hut should expect the visit of lizards...
What does Nwaka refer to as 'ant-ridden faggots' in this context?
Options:
A) The visit of the court messenger
B) The unexpected consultation of Ezeulu with the chiefs of Umuaro
C) The friendship between Ezeulu and the whiteman
D) Ezeulu's rejection of the kind gesture of some chiefs to accompany him to Okperi
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1118:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
Assonance occurs when
Options:
A) a character speaks eloquently in a play
B) similar vowel sounds are repeated in a sentence or line of poetry
C) consonants are repeated at the beginning of words
D) words rhyme alternately
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1119: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.Which of the following is the most fitting moral lesson that the reader can derive from the play?
Options:
A) It is not good to be over -ambitious
B) A determined wife is a curse to the husband
C) Power is sweet but always over-used
D) Every evil is punishable
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1120:
Read the extract below and this answer question.The pattering rain was kicking up little explosions of
Dust in the glade. He heard the faint whisper of the stream
As it stole across the land and disappeared into the bush.
The underline expression in line 3 is
Options:
A) litotes
B) personification
C) hyperbole
D) synecdoche
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The correct answer is B .