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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1984 Literature In English Questions

Question 21:
'Thou art the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small
Sleeps at peace in his stall
Thou watchest over all...'
The poem (Animal Farm) refers to
  • A Squealer
  • B Snowball
  • C Napoleon
  • D Boxer
  • E Clover.
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Question 22:
In Animal Farm, the song
'Beasts of England, beast of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime,
Hearken to my joyful tidings
Of the golden future time.
was first sung by
  • A Snowball
  • B Squealer
  • C Old Major
  • D Napoleon
  • E Bluebell
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Question 23:
Since George Orwell was in fact writing about men while pretending to be writing about animals, his novel, Animal Farm can be classified as
  • A A realistic novel
  • B An allegorical novel
  • C A naturalistic novel
  • D A novel of adventure
  • E A sentimental novel
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Question 24:
'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than the others.
In the content of Animal Farm, this statement means that equality
  • A Is possible only under socialism
  • B Is possible only under capitalism
  • C Is not desirable
  • D Was possible only in the past
  • E Is desirable but impossible.
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Question 25:
Achebe's Things Fall Apart, can be described as a
  • A Regional novel
  • B Detective novel
  • C Romatic novel
  • D Historical novel
  • E Novel of social criticism.
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