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 891:
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): 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
The poet-persona in Serenade is
Options:
A) boastful
B) arrogant
C) persuasive
D) deceptive
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 892:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'Returning is not possible
And going forward is a great difficulty'
Sorrow' depict
Options:
A) inevitablilty of fate
B) coollctive failure
C) progress with stubbornness
D) individual tragedy
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 893:
This question is based on CAGED BIRD.
"for the caged bird/sings of freedom.",
The poetic device used in this expression is____
Options:
A) metaphor
B) irony
C) hyperbole
D) paradox
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 894:
'I too crossed the rivers, and the virgin ambushes of the forests,
Where Lianas hung down, more treacherous than serpents'.
In the eyes of the writer of these lines, the word 'Forests' stands for
Options:
A) friendliness
B) insecurity
C) innocence
D) fertility
E) safety.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 895: These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.Acquah's In The Navel of the Soul describes the
Options:
A) lack of experienced midwives in the society
B) excesses of the new generation churches and politicians
C) complications of motherhood and child bearing
D) conflict between the church and tradition
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The correct answer is A .
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Question 896: This question is based on Ademiluyi's
Options:
A) As soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
B) Shortly before the beggars strike
C) As soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
D) After their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 897:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The story of the play would have been different but for
Options:
A) Miss Hardcastle's attitude towards her guests
B) Mr. Hardcastle's ignorance of Young Marlow's true identity
C) the insensitivity of Mrs Hardcastle
D) Tony's misinformation of Young Marlow and Mr. Hastings
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 898:
One of the following writers is better known as a playwright than as a novelist
Options:
A) C. Achebe
B) C. Ekwensi
C) W. Soyinka
D) J.P Clark
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 899:
When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it,
I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose:
I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.
The reaction in the passage above is that of
Options:
A) anger
B) protest
C) rejection
D) nausea
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 900:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'Idoto' in Okigbo's 'The Passage' is the name of
Options:
A) the poet's mother
B) the poet's village
C) a village shrine
D) a village stream
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The correct answer is C .