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 381:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse........Their eyes recede from tomorrow.
No sense of mission sustains them.'
These lines from Odia Of Ofeimun's 'The Prodigals express
Options:
A) a longing for the past
B) a lack of grogress
C) the weight of tradition
D) an impatient attitude
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 382:
"...Let the greying day grow,
...let the evening horns blow,
...let the melting mountains go...'The repetition of these lines from Atukwei Okai's
"Sunset Sonata"
Options:
A) is for emphasis for the main ideas
B) imbues the poem with lyrical qualities
C) summarizes the major themes of the poem
D) shows that the poem is truly a dirge.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 383:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Flash back in a literary work help to
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A) fill the missing link
B) reveal the characters'mindsets
C) place the story in proper perspective
D) relate events that are extraneous to the story
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 384:
'But Obatal,
God Creation,
Has a way
Of consoling the distressed.
The consolation referred to by the narrator in The Gods Are Not To Blame is the
Options:
A) great peace that reigned in the land of Kutuje
B) subjugation of the warlike people of Ikolu
C) pregnancy of Aburo, Odewale's second wife
D) birth of Aderopo by Ojuola.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 385:
From the novel; Morountodun
This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as
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A) dramatic epilogue
B) dramatic monologue
C) role-playing
D) flashback
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 386:
"The sudden throb of pain" in Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Old' signifies the_________
Options:
A) negative impacts of aging
B) difficulties of life
C) youthful age
D) uncertainties of life
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 387:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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 villains in this poem by Osundara are
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A) the beggars sprawled in gutters
B) those who squander the wealth of the earth
C) the thousands buried alive
D) the people who die in abandon
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 388: 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
The first stanza of Eliot's The Journey of the Magi depicts the
Options:
A) increment of fortune for the pilgrims
B) blind acceptance of faith
C) hazards of the journey
D) journey as an influential factor
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 389: This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.Aloho is employed as Chief's
Options:
A) Personal Assistant
B) Protocol Officer
C) Legal Adviser
D) Secretary
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 390:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because
Options:
A) Marlow is not fit to be Kate's husband
B) Young Marlow is more demanding than Hasting
C) he is fed up with Marlow annoying behaviour
D) Kate objects to being betrothed in absentia
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The correct answer is C .