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Question 1341:
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/>In Wole Soyinka's Telephone Conversation, the dominant literary technique deployed is
  • A Alliteration
  • B Onomatopeia
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Simile
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Question 1342:
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/>David Rubadiri's 'Stanley meets Mutesa' symbolically describes the meeting between
  • A A black king and a white man
  • B Stanley and Mutesa
  • C The West and Africa
  • D Europe and a black king
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Question 1343:
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/>The pervasive mood of the speaker in Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto' is that of
  • A Elation and joy
  • B Terror and insecurity
  • C Darkness and threat
  • D Celebration and freedom
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Question 1344:
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/>The stanza from of Mapanje's When this Carnival Finally Closes is
  • A A sonnet
  • B An irregular verse
  • C An address
  • D A free verse
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Question 1345:
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/>The dominant images in Nyi Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth'are
  • A Disease, illness and death
  • B Aristocracy, affluence and wealth
  • C Poverty, suffering and the downtrodden
  • D Greed aristocracy and the ambitious
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