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 141:
This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
Titubi's experience at the peasants' camp is narrated through a dramatic technique called
Options:
A) reflection
B) projection
C) dramatic irony
D) flashback
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 142:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is
Options:
A) an apostrophe
B) an allegory
C) a poetic license
D) a rhetoric
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 143: The substitution of mild and pleasant expression for harsh and blunt one is called
Options:
A) ambiguity
B) climax
C) peripety
D) euphemism.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 144:
This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____
Options:
A) dance and songs
B) flashback.
C) foreshadowing
D) irony
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 145:
This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to
Options:
A) forestall reconciliation
B) seek peace
C) cure cross-piece
D) hurt their husbands
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 146:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?
According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was
Options:
A) an irrepressible Casanovan trait
B) a chronic baromial temperament
C) a hard boiled classical disposition
D) an incurably romantic disposition
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 147:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
'Before you, mother Idoto, naked I stand before your watery presence a prodigal'.
In the above lines from Christopher Okadigbo's Idoto, the speaker is a 'prodigal' because he
Options:
A) has wasted all his mother's money
B) is money
C) has come back to worship the godess which he has neglected
D) has been caught discraching the shrine of the godess
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 148:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation
'Having finished the paper, a second cup of coffee and a roll and butter, he rose; shook a crumb or two from his waist coat, and expanding his broad chest, smiled happily, not because he felt particularly light-hearted his happy smile was simply the result of a good digestion.
The character referred to in this passage
Options:
A) is excited by the news in the paper
B) is lonely and unhappy
C) has spent a long time over his food
D) is pleased with himself after a good meal
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 149: This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
'The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow's anguish.'
The widow in the lines above in Launko's End of the War is in anguish because of the
Options:
A) confirmation of her husband's death
B) uncertainty over husband returning alive
C) delay in the husband's return from the battlefield
D) death of all the soldiers in the battlefield
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 150: This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
A reference beyond the immediate purview of what is being presented is known as
Options:
A) allusion
B) diversion
C) inversion
D) imagery
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The correct answer is D .