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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 571:
A statement that appears to say something opposite to common sense or the truth, but which may contain a truth is
  • A An oxymoron
  • B A parable
  • C An irony
  • D An inversion
  • E A paradox.
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Question 572:
Dialogue is important in drama because it
  • A Helps the audience to improve their English
  • B Is usually funny and lively
  • C Helps the audience to relax
  • D Prolongs the action of the play
  • E Reveals the minds of the characters.
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Question 573:
A novel is
  • A A long prose narrative fiction
  • B An interesting story about a hero
  • C A prose writings that deals with various people
  • D A long story in which homan characters represents abstract qualities
  • E A prose writing about the lives of great and interesting people.
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Question 574:
Identify the odd item in the following list
  • A Prose
  • B Poetry
  • C Melodrama
  • D Catastrophe
  • E Drama.
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Question 575:
'We return to our places, these kingdoms. But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, <br/>With an alien people clutching their gods.<br/>I should be glad to another death'.<br/>Which of the following authors chose the title of one of his novels from the above lines?
  • A Eddie Iroh
  • B Onuora Nzukwu
  • C Cyprian Ekwensi
  • D Elechi Amadi
  • E Chinua Achebe
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