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 171: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to
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A) discover the beauty of a literary work
B) finds faults in a literary work
C) analyse and evaluate a literary work
D) compare literary works
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 172: 'How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over?'In this passage, lofty scene refers to
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A) a great event
B) the meeting of the conspirators
C) the funeral of Caesar
D) a scene acted on a raised platform
E) the assassination of Caesar.
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The correct answer is E .
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Question 173: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
'Detur Son-of-God had only one job hence-forward that evening: to keep an almost over solicitous eye on my glass. Even when I forgot to drink for some time the young man would come over to me and whisper in my ear:'' Come on old fellow, drink up and let me give you another. Do you want to stop me getting into Heaven?''
Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti
The mood of the quotation in this passage is
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A) tragically comic
B) deadly serious
C) playfully serious
D) humorously comic
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 174: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's
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A) marriage
B) fgighting
C) honeymoon
D) hunting
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 175:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
By allowing Henchard to get drunk and sell off his wife, Hardy makes the point that
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A) life is valueless
B) drinking is disastrous
C) Henchard is unpredictable
D) cruelty is part of life
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 176:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'I have said too much unto a heart of stone
And laid mine honour too unchary out'
Twelveth Night by W. Shakespeare
The above lamentation is an example of a
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A) simile
B) metaphor
C) personification
D) zeugma
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 177:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'They came for him that Sunday. He had just returned from a night's vigil on the mountain. He was resting on his bed, Bible open at the Book of Revelation, when two police constables, one tall, the other short, knocked at the door.'
Ngugi, 'Petals of Blood'
The writer of the passage above arrests the interest of the reader by employing
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A) a suspenseful opening
B) an appropriate setting
C) short clear sentences
D) images of violence
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 178:
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
The basic idea of any given work of art is its
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A) imagery
B) style
C) theme
D) tone
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 179:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME What is the significance of Alaka and Gbonka to the plot of the play ?
Options:
A) They are major figures in the drama
B) They only held the vital clues for revealing the identity of Odewale
C) The y were friends of the late Ogundele
D) Their meeting with Odewale would help assuage his sorrow.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 180:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
The madman has entered our house with violence
Defiling our sacred grounds
Claiming the single truth of the universe
Bending down our high priests with iron,'
Mazizi Kunene, 'Progress'
The imagery of the lines above captures the idea of
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A) coercion
B) religiousity
C) truth
D) persuasion
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The correct answer is A .