Search SchoolNGR

Friday, 12 June 2026
Register . Login

Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 161:
<b>This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption</b><br/><br/><br/>The play portrays the judiciary as
  • A Unserious and lenient
  • B Consistent and just
  • C Corrupt and weak
  • D Patronising and self-righteous
View Answer & Explanation
Question 162:
This question is based on General Literacy Principles <br/><br/><br/>A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called
  • A Psychological novel
  • B Picaresque
  • C Autobiography
  • D Satirical novel
View Answer & Explanation
Question 163:
<b>This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.</b><br/><br/><br/>The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?
  • A Sober
  • B Boastful
  • C Defiant
  • D Languid
View Answer & Explanation
Question 164:
<b>This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): <br/>A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.</b> <br/><br/>“... where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf”<br/><br/> <br/>The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?
  • A Danger
  • B Calmness
  • C Pity
  • D Saddness
View Answer & Explanation
Question 165:
"Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face" <br/><br/><br/>The excerpt above exemplifies _______?
  • A Irony
  • B Synedoche
  • C Symbolism
  • D Euphemism
View Answer & Explanation