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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1416:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.<br/>And my children left their peaceful nakedness <br/>For the uniform of iron and blood' <br/>In the lines above from David Diop's Loser of Everything' the imagery depicts a displacement of
  • A Innocence by violence
  • B Nature by science
  • C Village life by barrack life
  • D The natureal by the artificial
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Question 1417:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.<br/>Yusuf Kassam's ' Maji Maji is presented as a
  • A Traditional poem
  • B Narrative poem
  • C Lyric
  • D Dirge
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Question 1418:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.<br/>'Pataki and mustard flowers Like blue and yellow eyes Peep through the green grass'The literary devices used in the lines above from Mohan Singh's 'A village Girl'are
  • A Enjambment and alliteration
  • B Repetition and assonance
  • C Rhyme and limerick
  • D Simile and irony
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Question 1419:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.<br/>Lenrie Peters in 'She came in Silken Drapes' reflects
  • A The paradox of childbirth
  • B The joy of motherhood
  • C The mystery of love and childbirth
  • D A woman's agony in labour
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Question 1420:
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.<br/>John Donne's 'Death be not Proud is informed by a
  • A Romantic inquest into the nature of mortality
  • B Rejection of the belief in eternity
  • C Metaphysical attack on the omnipotence of God
  • D Metaphysical persuasion on the immortality of man
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