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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 896:
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 hawk will flutter and turn<br/>On its wings and swoop for the mouse,<br/>The dogs will run for the hare,<br/>The hare for its little life.'<br/>These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' mean that
  • A This is a hunting season
  • B There is chaos
  • C The hare will be killed
  • D The hawk and the dogs are strong
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Question 897:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.<br/>'...these white lilies tossed their little heads then <br/>In the moon-steeped ponds;<br/>There was bouncing gaiety in the crisp chirping <br/>Of the cricket in the undergrowth,...<br/>These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Executioner's <br/>Dream suggest that
  • A Even nature rejoices at human sacrifice
  • B Nature is indifferent to man's predicament
  • C There is harmony in nature
  • D There is a lot of activity in the undergrowth
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Question 898:
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 Fulani Creation Story' shows that
  • A The world came about by a series of chance happenings
  • B The world was created in three days
  • C A logic of cause-and-effect underlies all creation
  • D Death came into the world when man set himself up as God's rival
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Question 899:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God <br/>'' This madness which they say you have must now begin to know its bounds. You are telling me to go and find cassava for you...''<br/>In view of the speaker's aim, this statement is
  • A Ambiguous
  • B Hyperbolic
  • C Ironic
  • D An understatement
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Question 900:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God <br/>Which of the following BEST describes Ezeulu's mood when he was locked up in Okperi by the white administrator?
  • A Indifference
  • B Despair
  • C Apathy
  • D Nobility of mind
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