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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1361:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>'He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up a long hill...He prayed again ''Father, look after her. Give her peace...Take away my peace forever, but give her peace'' Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.<br/>The man's reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is
  • A Tolerant
  • B Compassionate
  • C Prayerful
  • D Loving
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Question 1362:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>In Umuaro it is not our custom to refuse a call, although we may refuse to do what the caller asks.<br/>Ezeulu does not want to refuse the whiteman's call and so he is sending his son!<br/>Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God <br/>The lines above illustrate the use of
  • A Deep metaphor
  • B Extended proverb
  • C Traditional parable
  • D Local colour
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Question 1363:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>'Those who have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying let them spend our earth's fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war. The last banquet shall be their children's blood.<br/>Kofi Anyidoho 'Blood Harvest'<br/>The stanza above succinctly presents the
  • A Problem of war
  • B Problem of hunger
  • C Folly of soldiers
  • D Repercussion of violence
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Question 1364:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>'Thus; quixoting till a cast-off of my land I sing and fare, person to loved-one pressed braced for this pressure and the captor's hand that snaps off service like a weathered strand...<br/>Dennis Brutus 'A Troubadour I Traverse'<br/>In the lines above, the poet-persona expresses
  • A Defiance
  • B Resignation
  • C Fear
  • D Sorrow
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Question 1365:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs...<br/>I have never know you but your blood flows in my veins<br/>Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields....<br/>David Diop, Africa'<br/>in the lines above, Diop uses
  • A Personification
  • B Metaphor
  • C Simile
  • D Onomatopoeia
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