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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1866:
These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.<br/>'As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up,puffing up and <br/>then deflating the skin under his chin'. <br/>The subject of description in the line above is
  • A The high commissioner
  • B The white chief
  • C M.Fuuconi
  • D M. Pipiniakis
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Question 1867:
These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.<br/>For attempted murder , Nnaife was jailed for
  • A Four months
  • B Five months
  • C Two months
  • D Three months
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Question 1868:
These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.<br/>In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and
  • A Height
  • B Illiteracy
  • C Wealth
  • D Treachery
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Question 1869:
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.<br/>The novel draws a picture of
  • A A useless past
  • B An unstable moment
  • C A peaceful atmosphere
  • D A totalitarian future
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Question 1870:
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse.<br/>The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is
  • A The conflict of traditions
  • B The futility of man and his tradition
  • C The strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
  • D Ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed
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