Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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'''Yet lunchtime ''
Without thinking of what of what he was saying
the man tapped out, 'Not food'.
Insu Siding answered, 'Plenty here''.
And a conversation had begun.
''Lucky''.
''Come. Transfer. Easy''
''Can't.''
''Why?''
''Secret.''
''Familu?''
''Secret''. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by A.K. Armah.
This is an example of a dialogue that is

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'The morning mist
and chimney smoke
of White City Jabavu
flowed thick yellow
as pus oozing
from a gigantic sore'
'An Abandoned Bundle' by Oswald M. Mtsha 'i
The simile above gives rise to

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'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village. The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.
Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?

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'' Old father, old artificer
bear me now and ever in good stead''
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.
The word 'artificer' describes

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'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