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 731:
This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.
"Many years on wheels" The reference to "wheels" exemplifies the use of ___ in the poem.
Options:
A) climax
B) personification
C) metonymy
D) synecdoche
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 732: This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.In Romeo and Juliet, the major role of Mercutio is to
Options:
A) Count Paris in Praise of Juliet
B) annoy Tybalt
C) take another wife
D) serve as an assistance to Romeo
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 733:
"Rays of sun peepingthrough the cloud", the line is an example of
Options:
A) Synecdoche
B) Irony
C) Apostrophe
D) Personification
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 734: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Winston Smith begins his rebellion against the power of the state by
Options:
A) purchasing arms
B) keeping a private diary
C) opposing the law
D) educating the youth
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 735:
From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four
The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.
Room 101 symbolises a place of________???
Options:
A) rest
B) fun
C) humiliation
D) torture
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 736:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.
Beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'
This statement in the play refers to the
Options:
A) attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
B) marital status of Queen Victoria
C) hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
D) Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 737: "That that is why we must acc-c-cept the uni-versal d-d-dome, b-b-because ththere is no d-d-ddirection. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b-bridges d-don't jjjjust g-g-go from hhhere to the there; a bridge also faces backwards". Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
The idiolectical feature of the character's speech is the
Options:
A) repetition of consonant sounds
B) repetition of initial consonant sounds
C) duplication of consonant sound clusters
D) multiplication of diphthongs
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 738: This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as
Options:
A) metanoia
B) metaphysical
C) metalanguage
D) metalepsis
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 739:
This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
''...The sugar-daddy of the boutique dresses wants to marry Binetou. Just imagine...'''
What is ironical about this statement ?
Options:
A) The speaker is Binetou's friend
B) The sugar-daddy is the speaker's husband
C) Binetou is the speaker's rival
D) The sugar-daddy is the speaker's father
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 740:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; 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.): West African Verse.
And my children left their peaceful nakedness
For the uniform of iron and blood'
In the lines above from David Diop's Loser of Everything' the imagery depicts a displacement of
Options:
A) innocence by violence
B) nature by science
C) village life by barrack life
D) the natureal by the artificial
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The correct answer is A .