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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 886:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .<br/>Petkoff [grinning] 'Sergius: tell Catherine that queer story his friend told us about how he escaped after Slivnitza. You remember. <br/>About his being hid by two women'<br/>Since the phrase 'two women in the above extract refers to Petkoff's own daughter and wife, his grinning is a case of
  • A Sarcasm
  • B Ridicule
  • C Irony
  • D Suspense
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Question 887:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .<br/>In what particular way did Raina demonstrate that she had fallen in love with Captain Bluntschli by the end of their first meeting?
  • A By giving him chocolate creams which he preferred to bullets
  • B By introducing him to hermother
  • C By giving him her portrait with an inscription
  • D By saving his life from the Serbian soldiers
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Question 888:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .<br/>'He did it like an operatic tenor. A regular handsome fellow, with flashing eyes and lovely moustache, shouting his war-cry and charging like Don Quixote at the windmills...'<br/>This account of an important battle in the play carries a tone of
  • A Admiration
  • B Mockery
  • C Bitterness
  • D Alarm
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Question 889:
This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .<br/>The way Louka carries out her duties as a maid at the Petkoff's household can best be described as
  • A Arrogant and insolent
  • B Opportunistic and self-centered
  • C Haughty and presumptuous
  • D Bold and self-assured
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Question 890:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.<br/>'...Tide and market come and go<br/>And so shall your mother.'<br/>The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Streamside<br/>Exchange' depict the
  • A Variation of season
  • B Changing periods of marketing
  • C Constancy of nature
  • D Importance of living
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