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:
The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO
Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________
Options:
A) he prefers lago
B) Othello is a moor
C) Rodgerigo woos her first
D) Desdemona is too young
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 82: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, 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: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles."We would be believing we dreamt it"The figure of speech in the line above from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is
Options:
A) apostrophe
B) assonance
C) antithesis
D) alliteration
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 83:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Ghost serves to
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A) accelerate dramatic conflict
B) intensify dramatic conflict
C) initiate dramatic conflict
D) complicate dramatic conflict
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 84:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly...
Lord of the Files by William Golding
'Soft hiss of roasting meat' in the passage above refers to the
Options:
A) gentle response of the animal being roasted
B) rudeness of the animal to the hunter
C) gentle process of roasting on the fire
D) fropping of the fat of the meat in the fire
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 85:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
When he came back from Operi I went to his house and he talked like a sane man. I reminded him of saying that a man must dance the dance prevailing in his time...'
The above statement was made by Ofoka about
Options:
A) Nwaka
B) Akuebue
C) Ezeulu
D) Obika
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 86:
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The author makes the reader believe his story by using
Options:
A) a confessional style
B) elements of humour
C) detailed description
D) another narrator
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 87:
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption
The play portrays the judiciary as
Options:
A) unserious and lenient
B) consistent and just
C) corrupt and weak
D) patronising and self-righteous
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 88:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Mrs. Hardcastle is depicted as
Options:
A) a potential aristocrat
B) an obedient wife
C) a frustrated mother
D) highly unsociable
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 89:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A travelogue is
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A) the account of the travails of a character in novle
B) a record of the writer's experiences during a journey
C) a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
D) the account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 90:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The title, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Implies that
Options:
A) there could still be an upright man within an amoral society
B) there is a possibility of moral regeneration
C) the teacher is not involved in corruption
D) any corrupt government will be overthrown
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The correct answer is B .