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 1121:
"There's no art
To find the mind's construction in the face...'Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,the above statement means that there is no
Options:
A) artist who can construct a face
B) skill of reading thoughts from the face
C) skill of differentiating the face from the mind
D) artist who can understand a man
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1122:
From the novel; Animal farm
This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The execution of some of the animals on the orders of Napoleon is to
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A) prevent Snowball from coming back to the farm
B) make the pigs constitute themselves into a special class
C) achieve the pigs' socialist goals without further delay
D) pave way for Napoleon to become an absolute ruler
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1123:
The oracle warns us that we we have left our pot unwatched, and our food now burns.'
This statement in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers to
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A) the killing of Adetusa
B) the crime of incest committed by King Odewale
C) Aderopo's quarrel with King Odewale
D) the banishment of Aderopo.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1124:
''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________
Options:
A) inversion
B) paradox
C) humor
D) mood
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1125: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
Hark, Hark!Bow-Wow
The watch dogs bark!
Bow-WowHark, Hark! I hear
The strain of the struting chanticleer
Cry, 'cock-a-doole-doo!
In the above lyric, the words in italics are examples of
Options:
A) assonance
B) onomatopeia
C) alliteration
D) consonance
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1126:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's she Stoops to Conquer.
The major thematic preoccupation of her play is
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A) the constraintic on parental obligations
B) the problems of class and English mannerisms
C) the presentation of a mannerless society
D) changing the traditional view about English comedy
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1127:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
Abbas the beggar is a symbol of
Options:
A) the end justifying the means
B) the rich also crying
C) pride before perdition
D) courage amidst adversity
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1128:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The villains in this poem by Osundara are
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A) the beggars sprawled in gutters
B) those who squander the wealth of the earth
C) the thousands buried alive
D) the people who die in abandon
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1129: '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 1130:
This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.
'Th old man was dreaming about the lions suggests that he is
Options:
A) going to hunt lions
B) still determined and hopefu
C) afraid of future struggle
D) about to enter new jungles
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The correct answer is B .