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 1791:
The process of creating characters and endowing them with certain attitude is ......
Options:
A) Action
B) Character
C) Characterization
D) Dramatis personae
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1792:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME ''If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good''.
Odewale says this because
Options:
A) Aderopo is a skilful drummer
B) he believes that Aderopo is plotting his overthrow
C) he thinks that Aderopo is mad
D) Aderopo has not learnt how to drum well.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1793:
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
The marriage of Adah and Francis collapses because of
Options:
A) Adah's unifaithfulness to Francis
B) the influence of British culture
C) Adah's desire for personal fulfilment
D) external pressures on the couple
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 1794: This question is based on Faceless by Amma DarkoWhat is the reason that caused Odarley's mother to send him away from home?
Options:
A) she chose to go to the street
B) her mother remarried
C) she steals her mother things
D) she wants to poison her boyfriend
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1795: Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus?
Options:
A) Cassio
B) Lago
C) Montano
D) Gratiano
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 1796:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle,
CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.
BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next.
Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy when you've abandoned it for some time...
Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.
The literary devices in the dialogue above are
Options:
A) humour and irony
B) allusion and paradox
C) irony and parody
D) hypperbole and allusion
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1797:
This question is based on selected poems 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 and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.
In Clark's Agbor Dancer, the drum is central to the message because it
Options:
A) portrays the drummer as an expert
B) reminds the poet of his cultural roots
C) provides the rhythm for the dancer
D) draws the spectators to the dancing arena
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1798:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
J.P Clak's 'Streamside Exchange, depicts an interplay of
Options:
A) anxiety and passion
B) anxiety and ignorance
C) excitement and passion
D) ignorance and wisdom
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 1799: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, According to the novel Nnaife becomes frustrated when
Options:
A) his wife gives birth to female twins
B) he is recruited into the army
C) Oshiaju secures a scholarship to study abroad
D) he is arrested and charged for attempted murder of his inlaw
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 1800:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
What does the protagonist do in a picaresque novel?
Options:
A) He embarks on a journey
B) He slows down the narration
C) He draws illustrative pictures
D) He becomes an artist
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The correct answer is A .