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 1271:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .
'Was it madness, weakness, irresistible love?
What inner confusion led Modou Fall to marry Binetou?...
Ramatoulaya finds the answers to these questions in
Options:
A) the inherent weakness of man
B) the Islamic tradition
C) human destiny
D) the fickleness of human nature
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1272: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The Ministry of Truth is concerned with
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A) news entertainment, education and fine arts
B) propaganda, war, publishing and enlightenment
C) investigation, propaganda and fine arts
D) economic affairs, education and propaganda
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1273:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.
Hardy employs the character of Henchard to propagate the notion of
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A) confessing our weaknesses
B) courageously combating adversity
C) taking steadfast decisions
D) accepting inevitable defeat
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1274:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
Naana's attitude is one of
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A) contempt
B) neutrality
C) fulfilment
D) enthusiasm
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1275:
This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
The dialogue at the end of the novel reveals
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A) Li's resolve to sustain her marriage
B) Li's tragic end
C) Awa's role as the man of the house
D) the cycle of life in Li's family
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1276:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a
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A) quick resolution of conflicts
B) hilarious ending
C) contest between the hero and the villan
D) close rapport between players and spectators.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1277:
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.
The theme of Browning's My Last Duchess' is
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A) an aristocrats's marital problems
B) the pitfalls of a duchess now dead
C) an ambassador's personal life
D) the pride and arrogance of an aristocrat
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1278:
A trilogy is the
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A) set of three one-act drama written by related authors
B) series of related stories divided into three equal parts
C) sequence of three plays written by the same author
D) collection of three poems of equal length
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1279: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
In poetry, 'run-on-line' can be found
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A) in most kinds of poems
B) only in free verse
C) uniquely in blank verse
D) peculiarly in rhyming couplets
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1280:
Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________
Options:
A) acbcca
B) abccdc
C) abcdcc
D) abacbc
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The correct answer is C .