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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1881:
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/>'With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness. And three trees on the low sky.'<br/>In the excerpt above from Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is
  • A Oxymoron
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Alliteration
  • D Personification
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Question 1882:
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 tone of Cope's Sonnet VII is generally
  • A Persuasive
  • B Optimistic
  • C Mournful
  • D Humorous
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Question 1883:
These questions are based on general Literary principles<br/>The large space above the proscenium in a theater from which the scene are controlled is called
  • A Aside
  • B Achronism
  • C Flies
  • D Setting
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Question 1884:
These questions are based on general Literary principles<br/>'Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others... When you induce opponent to come to you,then their force is always empty,like attacking emptiness with fulness is throwing stones on eggs.'<br/>Zhang Yu: The Art of War<br/>The theme of the passage above is
  • A Folly of soldiers
  • B Spurring people to action
  • C War
  • D Inspiration
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Question 1885:
These questions are based on general Literary principles<br/>The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is
  • A Assonance
  • B Onomatopoeia
  • C Alliteration
  • D Parallelism
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