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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1291:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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 Duke's precious gift to the Duchess in Browning's 'My Last Duchess 'is
  • A His family name
  • B A wedding ring
  • C His aristocratic class
  • D The title of a Duchess
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Question 1292:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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/>In Browning's 'My Last Duchess', the Duke complains that his wife is
  • A A snob
  • B A coquette
  • C A spendthrift
  • D Disrespectful
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Question 1293:
This question is based on General Literary Principles<br/>'Nightfall! Nightfall!<br/>You are my mortal enemy'. <br/>The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali's 'Nightfall inSoweto' is
  • A An ode
  • B Allusion
  • C Apostrophe
  • D Dramatic
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Question 1294:
This question is based on General Literary Principles<br/>The line 'under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres' in Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth' is a good example of
  • A Alliteration
  • B Metonymy
  • C Contrast
  • D Similitude
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Question 1295:
This question is based on General Literary Principles<br/>A denouement in a play
  • A Causes conflicts
  • B Creates conflicts
  • C Resolves conflicts
  • D Creates catastrophe
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