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 921: Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."The speaker in the excerpt above is
Options:
A) Aloho
B) Ogeyi
C) Odili
D) Ochuole
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 922:
This question is based on BAT.
Use the excerpt to answer this question.
"Where light pushes through;
A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.
A dip to the water.
And you think:
"The swallows are flying so late!"
Swallows?"
The dominant poetic device in the excerpt is___
Options:
A) Rhetorical question
B) imagery
C) Alliteration
D) Paradox
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 923: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began
So be it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
And I could wish my day to be
Bound each to each by natural piety'.
My heart leaps up by W. Worthsworth.
The above poem essentially deals with the theme of
Options:
A) old age
B) childhood innocence
C) beauty of the rainbow
D) fatherhood
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 924: 'His sleepy mouth, plugged by the heavy nipple Tugs like a puppy, grunting as he feeds'. The repeated u sound in the above passage is an example of
Options:
A) onomatopoeia
B) alliteration
C) assonance
D) consonance.
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 925:
'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of______
Options:
A) Paradox
B) Cliche
C) Pun
D) Metaphor
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 926:
From the novel; Morountodun
This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
Titubijoins the farmer's revolt
Options:
A) to ensure it's success
B) as a spy for the establishment
C) in pursuit of Marshal
D) to defy the police
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 927:
Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning'
The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes
Options:
A) insanity
B) wickedness
C) lawlessness
D) isolation
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The correct answer is C .
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Question 928: Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, Winston writes that the hope of the country lies on the
Options:
A) ministry of the truth
B) proles
C) party
D) children
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The correct answer is B .
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Question 929:
'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is
Options:
A) zeugma
B) oxymoron
C) hyperbole
D) onomotopoeia
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The correct answer is D .
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Question 930:
This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
Golding writes that the pig's skull ''regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won't tell.''
This implies that
Options:
A) Ralph was the only person with intuition and common sense left on the island
B) Ralph knew right from the strt what would happen and refused to tell
C) Ralph had powers of the occult which no one else knew
D) Ralph was forewarned by Roger but would not disclose it
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The correct answer is A .