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 231:
'Chini was breathing with a love ripeness in her eye. She was elegant, sophistication, and Nigerian costume with charm. her every movement stimulated a flow of poetry from Francois and an ebb of embarrassment from her. she called him "My mad French lover".'
The tone of this passage is
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A) sensual
B) detached
C) playful
D) stimulating.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 232:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The repetition of the line 'They Too Are Earth' has the effect of
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A) making us more conscious of the earth
B) beautifying the experience the poem describes
C) accusing us of human insensitivity
D) enhancing the imagery of the poem
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 233:
These question are based on literary Appreciation.'You are the silent cold of pleasure locked in the world worldless wonder
You are the hive of pleasure no dragon can plunder'
Gbemisola Adeoti: Dream code
The excerpt above achieves its rhetorical effect through the use of
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A) repetition and meiosis
B) caesura and hyperbole
C) alliteration and irony
D) metaphor and rhyme
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 234:
Use excerpt below to answer questions
"Now, by yond marble
heaven,
In the due reverence of a sacred vow
I here enrage my words." (Shakespeare's Othello)
The prevailing activity in the extract is
Options:
A) the vow of revenge and pledge of loyalty by Iago to Othello
B) evident of the conspiracy between Iago and Othello
C) the vow by Iago to revenge upon Othello
D) reflective of Othello's rage
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 235:
Use the lines below to answer these two questions.A cursing rogue with a merry fảrce,
A bundle of rags upon a crutch,
Stumbled upon that windy place
Called cruachan, and it was as much.
The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is
Options:
A) abab
B) bbaa
C) abba
D) aabb
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 236: This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
The time has come when I can fool myself no more I am no man Sadiku My manhood Ended near a week ago'.In the light of subsequent happenings, these word reveal that the speaker
Options:
A) abhors polygamy
B) has become impotent
C) is a crafty seducer
D) is disgusted with life
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 237:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character
Options:
A) who has a superlative administrative style
B) with a living conscience that torments him
C) to whom past events have no significance
D) with an admirable physical appearance
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 238: These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and
Options:
A) height
B) illiteracy
C) wealth
D) treachery
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 239: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllabus is
Options:
A) trochaic decametre
B) iambic pentametre
C) anapestic metre
D) dactylic metre
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 240:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste,
Toby and Maria is the expression of life's
Options:
A) fragility
B) pleasure
C) comedy
D) romance
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The correct answer is A .