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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1276:
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.<br/>Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?
  • A Marabouts, spirits and family life
  • B Family life, death and marabouts
  • C Blacksmiths, spirits and magicians
  • D Spirits, magicians and death
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Question 1277:
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.<br/>In Adah's view, the white society in the novel is one in which
  • A There is communal feeling
  • B Neighbourliness is lacking
  • C Neighbours live happily
  • D Members are unifriendly
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Question 1278:
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.<br/>To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes
  • A Stops the main story to narrate other events
  • B Creates a lot of funny episodes
  • C Puts too many difficulties in Adans way
  • D Shows that Francis is weaks
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Question 1279:
This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.<br/>The struggle between the old man and the fish symbolizes
  • A The blood thirsty nature of sharks
  • B Man's refusal to grow old
  • C Man's struggle for survival in a harsh world
  • D The uncertainty of life in a cruel world
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Question 1280:
This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea.<br/>'''I wish the boy was here...'''<br/>The old man's cry demonstrates
  • A A desperation for productivity
  • B Bitterness
  • C Humiliation
  • D A yearning for human brotherhood
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