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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1336:
This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.<br/>The pot of the novel revolves around
  • A The adventure of a great fish
  • B A man's adventure on the sea
  • C A man's fightwith a great fish
  • D A boy's fight with a great fish
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Question 1337:
This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.<br/>The author's thematic concern is
  • A The boy's assistance to the man
  • B Life in a fishing community
  • C The achievements of the old man
  • D The ability to rise above defeat
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Question 1338:
This question is based on Ernest Hemingway''s The Old Man the Sea.<br/>The skeleton of the fish is brought by the shore to
  • A Draw sympathy for the old man
  • B Show the old man''s fruitless effort
  • C Show that thje skeleton itself is useful
  • D Mock the misadventure of the old man
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Question 1339:
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; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>'Hurrah for Thunder'by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to
  • A Beware of the animals in the jungle
  • B Beware of the effects of thunder
  • C Condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
  • D Be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power
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Question 1340:
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; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.<br/>'My bottom raven black-one moment madam!- sensing<br/>Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap<br/>The extract above from Wole Soyinka's <br/>Telephone Conversation' shows the friction between
  • A Madam and receiver
  • B Tenant and telephone
  • C Landlady and tenant
  • D Receiver and thunderclap
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