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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Question 1876:
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/>in Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation,the persona is concerned with the
  • A People's struggle for survival
  • B Intolerance of the new generation
  • C Celebration of African tradition
  • D Criticism of modern tradition
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Question 1877:
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/>Launko's End of the War portrays the
  • A Silence of battlefield
  • B Irony of life
  • C Arrangement of war
  • D Usefulness of praise singers
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Question 1878:
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/>'Woman cannot exist except by man<br/>What is there in that to vex some of them so?<br/>The statement above from the poem Give Me The Minstrel's Seat.exemplifies
  • A Litotes
  • B Transferred epithet
  • C Synechdoche
  • D Rhetorical question
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Question 1879:
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/>Marvell, in To His Coy Mistress uses the imagery of death to
  • A Appreciates God's power
  • B Condemn the lady
  • C Scare the lady
  • D Underscore life's transcience
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Question 1880:
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/>To sustain the interest of the readers,Lawrence in Bat uses
  • A Elision
  • B Suspense
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Hyperbole
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