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 61:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones time never shirking and never volunteering for extra either'.
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Form the passage above, the character being described is
Options:
A) enthusiastic
B) altruistic
C) cynical
D) lazy
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 62:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a
Options:
A) quick resolution of conflicts
B) hilarious ending
C) contest between the hero and the villan
D) close rapport between players and spectators.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 63: These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse.The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is
Options:
A) the conflict of traditions
B) the futility of man and his tradition
C) the strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
D) ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 64:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The impression created of life in Kofi Awoonor's
'Songs of Sorrow' is that of
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A) an enjoyable tour
B) a difficult journey
C) a pleasant journey
D) an uneventful tour
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 65:
This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The character of Marshal in the play shows that
Options:
A) human beings are selfless
B) human beings are the same
C) men love women
D) human beings love power
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 66:
The oracle warns us that we we have left our pot unwatched, and our food now burns.'
This statement in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers to
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A) the killing of Adetusa
B) the crime of incest committed by King Odewale
C) Aderopo's quarrel with King Odewale
D) the banishment of Aderopo.
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 67: This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
Tess of the d'Urbrvilles is an interrogation of the Victorian period's
Options:
A) double standard
B) concept of love
C) ideas about women
D) celebration of industrialization
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 68:
From the novel; Morountodun
This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The stage direction at the end of the play reveals
Options:
A) the actors in a changing room
B) Mama Kayode raising the song of hope
C) Moremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight
D) the Director making a farewell speech
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 69: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the.
Options:
A) subjective
B) first-person
C) third-person
D) objective
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 70:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Those who have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying let them spend our earth's fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war. The last banquet shall be their children's blood.
Kofi Anyidoho 'Blood Harvest'
The stanza above succinctly presents the
Options:
A) problem of war
B) problem of hunger
C) folly of soldiers
D) repercussion of violence
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The correct answer is D .