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 221: This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.A savage custom, barbaric, out-dated Rejected, denounced, accursed Excommunicated, archaic, degrading Humiliating, unspeakable, redundant, Retrogressive, remarkable, unpalatable what custom does Lakunle refer to in the above excerpt?
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A) The seduction of a maiden
B) Wrestling contests as an exercise
C) The practic of polygamy
D) The payment of bride price
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 222: This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.The play is about love
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A) longing and ambition
B) pretence and hatred
C) loss and death
D) commitment and marriage
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 223: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello."Though I do hate him as I do pains, yet for necessity of present life, I must show out a flag and sign of love, which is indeed but sign..."The speaker of the excerpt above can be described as
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A) trusting
B) a concubine
C) a schemer
D) ambitious
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 224: This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of
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A) fable
B) euphemism
C) allegory
D) symbolism
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 225:
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt
This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.
The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is
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A) take prostitution
B) carry out the nude act
C) abandon their husbands
D) abandon their children
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 226: 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 major theme of Thomas Gray''s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'' is that death renders life
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A) meaningless for the rich
B) meaningful for the poor
C) meaningless for all
D) meaningful for all
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 227:
What basically distinguishes literature from other disciplines is its________
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A) use of creative imagination
B) exposition of human experiences
C) communication of ideas
D) portrayal of places
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 228:
Okara's reminiscence in the "Piano and Drums" as to how he walks to the farm with no shoes, marching thorns and dangerous leafs, and still finds this enjoyable creates a feeling of___________
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A) nostalgia
B) neglect of African culture for civilized styles
C) clash of culture
D) confusion
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 229:
From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four
The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
The noveldraws a picture of______?
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A) useless past
B) a totalitarian future
C) an unstable moment
D) a peaceful atmosphere
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 230:
This question is based on CAGED BIRD.
"for the caged bird/sings of freedom.",
The poetic device used in this expression is____
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A) metaphor
B) irony
C) hyperbole
D) paradox
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The correct answer is B .