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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1561:
This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily<br/>The preoccupation of the novel is
  • A The life and times of Julian Odili
  • B Norman Obi's courtship of Effua
  • C The benefits of the extended family in Nigeria
  • D The travails and successes of Nkem and Odili
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Question 1562:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.<br/>To justify the deposition of the Emirs of Bida and Kontagora, the British authorities accuse them of
  • A Oppression
  • B Mendacity
  • C Partiality
  • D Embezziement
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Question 1563:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.'I wish him luck with his infidel friends But he must remember that there is only one moon at a time, one sun at a time'<br/>The speaker in the passage above is referring to a
  • A Moon gazer
  • B Slave raider
  • C Muezzin
  • D Usurper
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Question 1564:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.<br/>Lord Lugard and the British military find it easy to penetrate the Sokoto Caliphate because the
  • A Muslim faithfuls fight with bows and arrows while the British solders use rifles
  • B Emir of Zazzau calls the whitemen to save him from the attack of a fellow Muslim, the Emir of Kontagora
  • C Emirates of Sokoto and Zaria have not been friends since the reign of Caliph Abduirahman
  • D Emirates are only united to fight the whitemen when it is the turn of Sokoto
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Question 1565:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.<br/>Caliph Attahiru's dream about heavy smoke on the battlefield and the ancestors passing the flag of Islam from one head to another serves as
  • A A flshback
  • B A prophecy
  • C Foreshadowing
  • D A reverie
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