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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 556:
'The Fence' (Lenrie Peters) is a
  • A Lyrical poem which celebrates the beauty of fences
  • B Dramatic poem in which the poet demostrates how to overcome problems
  • C Moral poem which deals with the poet's dilemma
  • D Free verse which teaches us how to sit on the fence
  • E Free verse which says sitting on the fence is admirable.
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Question 557:
The overall mood conveyed in Wole Soyinka's poem,'Night', can be accurately described as
  • A Calm
  • B Agitated
  • C Cheerful
  • D Aggressive
  • E Uneasy.
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Question 558:
In Animal Farm, Boxer represents the dedicated worker who serves the revolutionary cause to the best of his ability and is
  • A Gently consigned to obscurity in the end
  • B Justly rewarded in the end.
  • C Unfairly, ruthlessly treated in the end
  • D Given national honours in the end
  • E Allowed a graceful retirement in old age.
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Question 559:
'Nine hens had died in the meantime. Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died by coccidiosis.'<br/>In the passage taken from Animal Farm, the truth is that the
  • A Cause of the hens' death is unknown
  • B Official explanation given is unacceptable
  • C Issue is not worth considering
  • D Official explanation is acceptable
  • E Hens died of old-age.
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Question 560:
'No sentimentality, comrade! War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.'<br/>This statement in Animal Farm was made by
  • A Squealer
  • B Boxer
  • C Major
  • D Snowball
  • E Benjamin.
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