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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 836:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.<br/>The initial reluctance of the Petkoff's family to accept Bluntschli's marriage proposition to Raina was on the account of his
  • A Major Petkoff
  • B Captain Bluntschli
  • C Catherine
  • D Raina
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Question 837:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.<br/>The play ends on a note of
  • A Cynicism
  • B Idealism
  • C Realism
  • D Despair
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Question 838:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.<br/>'And since we did not understand our dead since we have never listened to their cries <br/>If we weep gently....'<br/>What heart will listen to our clamouring 'Vanity' expresses
  • A Regret and disappointment
  • B Disillusion and despair
  • C Disdain and disgust
  • D Satisfaction and pleasure
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Question 839:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.<br/>The oilbean in Christopher Okigbo's 'The Passage refers to
  • A One of the totems of Idoto
  • B The only totem of Idoto
  • C The abundance of oilbean trees by the river
  • D The use of the oilbean for magical purposes
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Question 840:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.<br/>'...Ha! That motoka is motoka<br/>It belongs to the Minister of Fairness<br/>Who yesterday was loaded with a doctorate<br/>At Makerere with whisky...<br/>Plus I hear the literate thighs of an undergraduate'<br/>The above stanza from Theo Luzuku's 'The Motoka' demonstrates that the minister is
  • A Corrupt and immoral
  • B A gifted doctoral graduate of Makerere
  • C An owner of a motor-car which is laden with whisky
  • D Underserving of the literate thighs of an undergraduate
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