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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1016:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>'Poor bastard,<br/>Dumped on the ground to make room<br/>For his nocturnal fathers,<br/>Or on the mat to spend his horrid nights<br/>Among the steaming pots of food <br/>And walking rats.'<br/>''The Bastard'' by B.S. Tibenderana <br/>The picture presented above is one of
  • A Loneliness
  • B Hunger
  • C Desolation
  • D Squalor
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Question 1017:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>'' The road was endless. One road led to a thousand others. Which in turn fed into paths, which fed into dirt tracks, which become streets, which ended in avenues and cul-de-sacs'' The Famished Road by Ben Okri.<br/>The description above suggests
  • A Urban disorder
  • B A labyrinth
  • C Clutter
  • D Disharmony
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Question 1018:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!....<br/>Iyase's entreaty comes when
  • A The Ifa priest makes his predicitions
  • B The whitemen attack Benin
  • C Ovonramwen is discovered in hiding
  • D Ovonramwen is asked to pay homage to the Whiteman
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Question 1019:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>At the end of Ovonramwen's discussion with Gallway and Hutton, one can conclude that Ovonramwen is
  • A Fascinated by their gifts
  • B Eager to sign the trade treaty presented
  • C Suspicious about their real intentions
  • D Ready to welcome them
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Question 1020:
This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.<br/>'Not much. tell Queen Victoria that at last the big pot of corn been toppled; now mother hen and her children may rejoice!'<br/>The phrase 'mother hen and her children' in the passage above refers to
  • A Princess Evbakhavbokun and herchildren
  • B Glogbosere and the other Benin chiefs
  • C Captain Carter and the British soldiers
  • D Queen Victoria and the British official
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