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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1236:
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 poet-persona's feeling for the reaper in Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper'?
  • A Pity
  • B Admiration
  • C Hatred
  • D Delight
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Question 1237:
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/>Browning's 'My Last Duchess'is
  • A An epic
  • B A sonnet
  • C An elegy
  • D A lyric
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Question 1238:
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/>'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as
  • A Adventurous
  • B Drunken
  • C Lively
  • D Restive
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Question 1239:
This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.<br/>Like many other characters of her type, Li in the novel, is able to attain progress through her
  • A Prayers to God
  • B Criticism of the system
  • C Optimistic attitude
  • D Dedication to duty
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Question 1240:
This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.<br/>Li's initial aspiration in the novel is to
  • A Escape from village life to the city
  • B Marry a handsome man
  • C Join her husband in the city
  • D Remain in the peaceful village
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