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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1091:
The line 'Ask them why they idle there' in Kofi Awoonor's Song of Sorrow' is a reference to
  • A Ancestors
  • B Loafers
  • C Vagabonds
  • D Urchins
  • E Ancestors
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Question 1092:
"...Lying down in the melting snow.<br/>There were times we regretted<br/>The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,<br/>And the silken girls bringing sherbert."<br/>The emotion evoked in this passage from "Journey of the Magi" is that of
  • A Romance
  • B Nostalgia
  • C Sorrow
  • D Fear
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Question 1093:
"I came down the step with my pitcher<br/>And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he<br/>was at the trough before me."<br/>These lines from "Snakes" suggests that the
  • A Snake was regal and that the persona must wait as a subject
  • B Snake was venomous and therefore the poet has to be very wary
  • C Snake got there first, in the interest of justice, the poet should wait
  • D Poet is terrified of the snake
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Question 1094:
"Keats" "Ode" to a Nightingale" can best be described as
  • A An appreciation of nature
  • B An appreciation of the beauty of the nightingale
  • C A reflection ont he uncertainties of life
  • D A description of nature
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Question 1095:
Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, the man is despised by the wife and family because he
  • A Does not give them sufficient money to maintain the house
  • B Does not capitalize on his education and position to get ahead
  • C Does not join Koomson's political party
  • D Fails in his campaign to get into the government house
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