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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1181:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.<br/>'...My son is not to live by his learning. I don't think a boy wants much learning to spend fifteen hundred a year.'<br/>What provokes this response from the speaker is the accusation that
  • A Tony is in reality without a fortune
  • B Tony is not a man of consequence
  • C Marlow is too bashful and reserved
  • D Tony has not had a good breeding
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Question 1182:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.<br/>Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may <br/>see he's consumptive.<br/>Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of <br/>the symptoms.<br/>Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,<br/>Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way<br/>Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.<br/>Hard: And truly so am I;...<br/>What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?
  • A Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit
  • B Tony walks across the stage
  • C There is a knocking at the door
  • D Kate enters begging for calm
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Question 1183:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>What is the dominant poetic device used in Christopher Okigbo's 'Hurrah for Thunder?
  • A Irony
  • B Symbolism
  • C Parallelism
  • D Rhythm
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Question 1184:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>The tone of 'They Too are the Earth' by Osundara is
  • A Militant
  • B Hilarious
  • C Harsh
  • D Assertive
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Question 1185:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>The disenchantment in Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' is best explained by the
  • A Lamentation of the death of a friend
  • B Alienation of Africans
  • C Discussion of the sad events that afflict Africa
  • D Loneliness of the person in the wildernes.s
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