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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1346:
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/>'... It is not yet dawn<br/>And we wake from one nightmara<br/>To another.' <br/>In these lines from Ojaide's The Owl Wake Us', the mood is that of a
  • A Terrifying dream
  • B Seemingly endless night
  • C Vicious cycle of oppression
  • D Persona's experience
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Question 1347:
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 Browning's My Last Duchess' the poet- persona's attitude to the Duchess is that of
  • A Anger
  • B Love
  • C Sadness
  • D Scorn
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Question 1348:
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 Ode on a Grecian Urn,'John Keats is concerned with
  • A The impermanence of the Grecian Urn
  • B Human and eternal love
  • C The youthfulness of lovers
  • D Everlasting beauty of art
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Question 1349:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>The term for the moral flaw or weakness that leads to the downfall of a major character in drama is
  • A Chaos
  • B Hamartia
  • C Denouement
  • D Reversal
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Question 1350:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>The figure of speech in which a character makes a statement that has or would have deep and serious implication in the play is
  • A Aside
  • B Euphemism
  • C Dramatic irony
  • D Textual contrast
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