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 21:
When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it,
I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose:
I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.
The reaction in the passage above is that of
Options:
A) anger
B) protest
C) rejection
D) nausea
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 22:
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Point of denouement in a literary work is the
Options:
A) point at which the major character is shown in his true colours
B) point of disagreement in a narrative
C) point of the resolution of the puzzling issues
D) cathartic point in a tragedy
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 23:
This question is based on BAT.
Read the excerpt and answer the question:
"Bat!
Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."
The theme of this excerpt is____
Options:
A) All of the above
B) the poet's right to Individual choice
C) the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
D) the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 24: "Of o cam fastem nut one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already. He'll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistress' dog..." Shakespeare, Othello
From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is
Options:
A) disobedient
B) quarrelsome
C) drunkard
D) scheming
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 25:
He who writes a prose is a__________?
Options:
A) Poet
B) Writer
C) Author
D) Actor
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 26:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,
your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,
I think ....
CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?
JERO: You must take her home tonight...
Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to
Options:
A) keep his secret secret
B) get the beating out of the way quickly
C) enable jero get into his house
D) keep Chume's loyalty
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 27: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
In the novel, Orwell attempts to
Options:
A) satirize the artificiality of a machine controlled society
B) eulogize the beauty of the socialist system
C) condemn the disgusting hypocrisy of all communist systems
D) laud the boundless possibilities of the human intellect
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 28: A sub-plot is
Options:
A) a major turn or complication in the main story
B) the second part of the main plot
C) a secondary plot dealing with a different theme
D) an aspect of the main plot recited by a different narrator
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 29:
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.
The subject matter of Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is
Options:
A) the road
B) death
C) the vehicle
D) the driver
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 30: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only
Options:
A) on condition of infidelity
B) where there there are no children
C) in situation of irreconcilable differences
D) on the death of one of the couples
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The correct answer is B .