Literature In English Questions
Question 601:
What feeling dominates J.P Clark''s ''Song''?
- A Joy
- B Optimism
- C Cynicism
- D Grief
- E Uncertainty.
Question 602:
'Nkosi Sikekela' in Brutus' 'After Exile', refers to a
- A General in the Zulu army
- B Zulu song used as national anthem by Africans south of Zanbezi
- C Soldier in the Zulu army
- D Zulu poem
- E Zulu poet
Question 603:
The speaker in 'When a Strainer Takes in Water invokes a series of natural impossibilities in order to
- A To display bhis magical powers as a traditional priest
- B Show the poetic beauty of incantatory songs
- C Show the marvel about natural objects
- D Practise witchcraft on his enemies
- E Psychologically and magically disarm his enemies.
Question 604:
'We sang the song before in the thousand seasons of good harvest and full fish following our fathers' footprints on the long shores.'<br/>The most obvious sound device in these lines from Kofi Awoonor's 'More messenger' is
- A Onomatopoeia
- B Repetition
- C Assonance
- D Alliteration
- E Consonance
Question 605:
In the poem 'Night Soyinka considers nightfall as
- A Welcome and totally pleasant
- B Unwelcome and unpleasant
- C Dangerous and uninviting
- D Seductive and threatening
- E Beautiful and wholesome.