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 81:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
'Ah, you know, the chichidodo is a bird
The chichidodo hates excrement with all its soul.
But the chichidodo only feeds on maggots, and you know the maggots grow best inside the lavatory. This is the chichidodo'.
Which character in the novel is likened to his bird?
Options:
A) Koomson
B) Oyo
C) The man
D) Teacher
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 82:
From the novel; Lonely Days
The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS
In the novel, bage cap signifies everlasting ________?
Options:
A) happiness
B) sorrow
C) freedom
D) despair
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 83:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.DUKE:...Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped To thee the book even of my secret soul.
What exactly has the Duke unclasped?
Options:
A) The book of his relationship with Olivia
B) The secret book of his soul
C) The details of his relationship with Viola
D) The details of his relationship with Olivia.
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 84: Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, one of the changes introduced into St Agnes' Church by Father Benedict is that
Options:
A) everyone must take holy communion
B) there must be fasting every month
C) the Credo must be recited in igbo
D) the Kyrie must be rendered only in Latin
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 85:
A trade, Sir, that, i hope, i may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, Sir, a mender of bad soles.
The passage is referring to a
Options:
A) religious preacher who saves sinful souls
B) physician who cures diseases of the sole
C) workman who repears shoes
D) trader who prevents bad sales
E) trader who cheats customers during sales.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 86:
From the novel; The Wives' Revolt
This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.
The play is pre occupied with
Options:
A) the fight by women to keep their goats
B) the evil that oil money breeds
C) women liberation from males domination
D) Women's protest against men's wickedness
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 87:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!....
Iyase's entreaty comes when
Options:
A) the Ifa priest makes his predicitions
B) the whitemen attack Benin
C) Ovonramwen is discovered in hiding
D) Ovonramwen is asked to pay homage to the Whiteman
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 88:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
Ezeulu sent his son, Oduche, to join the Christians because
Options:
A) of his great love for the whiteman
B) he had come to distrust the power of Ulu
C) he did not want Oduche to succeed him as chief priest
D) he wanted a representative in the group in case they became powerful
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 89:
"Will college make you a better Olokun
Priest?
Will it make you serve our ancestors
Better?
Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-
Hearted priest
Of Olokun. Did I go to college?" Grace Osifo: Dizzy The literary device used in the passage above is
Options:
A) onomatopoeia
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) parallelism
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 90:
Ahero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called?
Options:
A) Deuteragonist
B) Periaktos
C) Tragic hero
D) Tragic flow
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The correct answer is C .