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 311:
''But it is not the time
To lay wreaths
For yesterdays crimes...''
Lenrie Peters in his poem, "We Have Come Home'' makes this statement because
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A) the future is unpredictatble
B) past sufferings are best forgotten
C) there is no point crying over spilled milk
D) mourning can be posponed
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 312:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called
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A) a prologue
B) a soliloquy
C) an aside
D) a diatribe
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 313: This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
The plot of the play is
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A) linear
B) cyclical
C) complicated
D) episodic
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 314: A didactic piece is one in which the writer
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A) teaches human lessons
B) condemns human foibles
C) dictates to his readers
D) discusses dialectic themes
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 315: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
'Created half to rise, and half to fal;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled;
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world'.
These lines from Alexander Pope's 'Essay on
Man' show a skilful exploitation of the rhetorical device of
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A) zeugma
B) oxymoron
C) antithesis
D) conceit
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 316:
'The Vultures built in the shadow of their talons
The blood-stained monument of tutelage.'
The image used in the above lines associates the civilizing missions with
Options:
A) redemption from ignorance
B) violence and oppression
C) conversion from paganism
D) the building of beautiful edifices.
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 317: These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. 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: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.Acquah's In The Navel of the Soul describes the
Options:
A) lack of experienced midwives in the society
B) excesses of the new generation churches and politicians
C) complications of motherhood and child bearing
D) conflict between the church and tradition
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 318:
From the novel; Harvest of Corruption
Chief Ade Amaka portrays_______
Options:
A) betrayal of public trust
B) fraud and misfortune
C) lust and deceitfulness
D) the evils of capitalism
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 319:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When words or phrases in either poetry or prose rise and fall measuredly, it is said that they
Options:
A) have a regular rhythm
B) rhyme
C) are accented and unaccented
D) are well structured
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 320:
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 .