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 71:
The theme that runs through Hallowell's Dining Table is that of________
Options:
A) Conflict
B) Brutality
C) Poverty
D) Loneliness
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 72: This question is based on selected poem 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
'Pregnant clouds
Ride Safely on its back'
pregnant clouds in Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm implies
Options:
A) uncertainty
B) calmness
C) disbelief
D) fertility
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 73:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'They came for him that Sunday. He had just returned from a night's vigil on the mountain. He was resting on his bed, Bible open at the Book of Revelation, when two police constables, one tall, the other short, knocked at the door.'
Ngugi, 'Petals of Blood'
The writer of the passage above arrests the interest of the reader by employing
Options:
A) a suspenseful opening
B) an appropriate setting
C) short clear sentences
D) images of violence
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 74: These question is based on General Literary Principles.A mistake committed by the hero which leads to his downfall is known as
Options:
A) climax
B) tragic flaw
C) comic relief
D) terse
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 75:
Literature is studied as a subject at school because
Options:
A) it exposes students to the realities of life
B) it provides entertainment
C) it merely gives additional work to students
D) it teaches the use of words
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 76:
From the novel; Native Son
The question is based on Richard Wrights NATIVE SON
Mr Dalton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are
Options:
A) together
B) servant in the white family
C) educated
D) given some respect
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 77: The major cause of the tragedy in The Victims is
Options:
A) the African polygamous marriage system
B) Nwabunor's jealosy
C) Ogugua's moral laxity
D) Obunua's irresponsibility
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 78:
'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
Share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
My sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
My poor head...' Mbure:To a Bed-Bug
From the lines above, the poet persona expresses dismay about
Options:
A) grasshoppers
B) bed-bugs
C) bat
D) cockroaches
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 79:
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example ofThe literacy devices used in the lines 'Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes peep through the green grass' are________from Mohan Singh's 'A Village Girl'
Options:
A) alliteration and assonance
B) simile and irony
C) repetition and alliteration
D) rhyme and rhythm
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 80:
_____________refers to time and place of a drama?
Options:
A) place
B) scene
C) setting
D) act
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The correct answer is C .