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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1036:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>'... And the laughter or cannon, of thunder arraigns the multitude of wills in savage tutelage...'<br/>In the context of these lines from Odia Ofeimun's <br/>For Christopher Okigbo', misfortune was
  • A Foressen
  • B Predetermined
  • C Anticipated
  • D Unexpected
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Question 1037:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>'...And your MP with a shining head and triple chin Will mourn your fate in a supplementary question at Question Time'.<br/>These lines in the context of Richard Ntiru's 'The Pauper', portray the MP as being
  • A Sympathetic
  • B Sad
  • C Indifferent
  • D Hypocritical
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Question 1038:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>'But even he who sharpened the edge of hearts <br/>Conceived new truths.<br/>Telling us that truth is not truth of swords<br/>But the long buds growing from the ruins.'<br/>These lines suggest to us that Langula in Mazisi <br/>Kunene's To the Soldier Hero', was more interested in
  • A Warfare
  • B Life
  • C Bloodshed
  • D Conquest
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Question 1039:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>In' Sunset Sonata', the description 'To stones that strangle the dawn,'is used
  • A Metaphorically
  • B Literally
  • C Imaginatively
  • D Figuratively
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Question 1040:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>'The cell is a cruel place, sometimes a haven <br/>Nowhere as absolute as the grave.<br/>The poetic device used in these lines from J.P. Clark's 'The Casualties' is
  • A An allusion
  • B A paradox
  • C An anecdote
  • D An oxymoron
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