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 1461:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
'Friendship has splendours that love knows not.
It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love'.
The friendship referred to in these lines is that between
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A) Binetou and Modou Fall
B) Ramatoulaye and Daouda Dieng
C) Modou Faill and Mawdo Ba
D) Aissatou and Ramatoulaye
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1462: The predominant use of the third person pronoun in a novel creates a
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A) sense of detachment on the part of the writer
B) sense of detachment on the part of the reader
C) psychological affinity with the characters
D) balance of opinion among the characters
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1463: In The Victims, the affection between Ubaka and Bomboy is significant because it
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A) results in the death of Ubaka
B) shows that young people are more affectionate than their elders
C) contrasts with the general hatred in their family
D) leads to reconciliation in the family
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1464: "Now take this boat business for instance. There is a lot of money to be made in it,but start something, and fools will start shouting slogans at you."Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, who made the above statement?
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A) Amankwa
B) Oyo
C) Koomson
D) Osagyefo
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1465:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'One man with a head
Shaven clean as a potato
Whispered to the rising sun,
A red eye wiped by a tattered
Handkerchief of clouds.'
Mtshali, 'Men in Chains
The figures of speech employed in the lines above are
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A) metaphor and onomatopoeia
B) simile and metonymy
C) metaphor and simile
D) personification and onomatopoeia
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1466:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.Will no one tell me what she sings
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
For old, unhappy, far off things
And battles long ago.
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of today?The lines above shows that the persona
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A) so hates the words of the girl
B) understands the girl's songs
C) does not understand the girl's language
D) is so much in love with the girl
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1467:
THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.The following epithets:
'The courageous captain of compliments...
The very butcher of a silk button...
A gentleman of the very first house...'
Refer to
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A) Tybalt
B) Romeo
C) Mercutio
D) Benvolio.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1468:
From the novel; Animal farm
This question isbased on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of
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A) Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
B) Jesse, Napoleon and Bluebell
C) Boxer, Old Major and Napoleon
D) Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1469: These questions are based on general Literary principlesTravellogue is a work of art written
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A) by a famous playwrite
B) by an unpopular novelist
C) on a journey
D) before the death of the author
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1470: Fletcher's Upon An Honest Man's Fortune encourages people to
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A) accept life as it is
B) condemn soothsaying
C) move in the direction of God
D) accept soothsaying
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The correct answer is C .