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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 831:
This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.Hark, Hark!Bow-WowThe watch dogs bark!Bow-WowHark, Hark! I hearThe strain of the struting chanticleerCry, 'cock-a-doole-doo!In the above lyric, the words in italics are examples of
  • A Assonance
  • B Onomatopeia
  • C Alliteration
  • D Consonance
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Question 832:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>The immediate consequence of the publication of Sidi's pictures is to make her
  • A Want to marry the photographer
  • B Feel more important than Baroka
  • C Want to go to the city
  • D Appreciate Lakunle's learning
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Question 833:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.<br/>Lakunle:... To fetch and carry <br/>To cook and scrub<br/>To bring forth children by the gross<br/>Sidi: Heaven forgive you! Do you now scorn child bearing in a wife?<br/>What would Lakunle rather prefer to accomplish before child bearing ?
  • A Good kissing habit
  • B Formal education
  • C Racial and sexual equality
  • D Church wedding
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Question 834:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.<br/>...What would Sergius, the hero of Slivnitza, say if he saw me now? What would Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?<br/>What would the half dozen Sergiuses who keep popping in and out of this handsome figure of mine say if they caught us here?''<br/>These questions are addressed to
  • A Louka
  • B Sophia
  • C Raina
  • D Catherine
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Question 835:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.<br/>'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?<br/>According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was
  • A An irrepressible Casanovan trait
  • B A chronic baromial temperament
  • C A hard boiled classical disposition
  • D An incurably romantic disposition
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