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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1896:
These question are based on literary Appreciation.<br/>'In those days <br/>When civilization kicked us in the face<br/>When holy water slapped our cringing brows. The vulture built in the shadow of their talons.'<br/>David Diop: The vulture<br/>The dominant literary device used in the lines above is
  • A Pun
  • B Personification
  • C Simile
  • D Metaphor
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Question 1897:
These question are based on literary Appreciation.<br/>''Do not thank me,instead, let me ask you a question. Now you have all come here sprawling,vomitting,rubbing tears on one another begging me to do my duty and help you. But what about you yourselves? What have you done to help yourselves? <br/>Answer. Or is the land at peace?<br/>Are not people ailing and dying<br/>Ola Rotimi: The God''s Are Not <br/>To Blame
  • A Chieftancy tussel
  • B Political unrest
  • C Sickness and death
  • D Famine and war
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Question 1898:
These question are based on literary Appreciation.<br/>I am not afraid of anything he told them.<br/>I have done almost everything in this world.I have committed all crimes you can think of and been jailed for most them.I have been in prison more hours than i have been out of it within the last five years.<br/>In recounting his criminal life,the speaker's tone is
  • A Regretful
  • B Subdued
  • C Repentant
  • D Boastful
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Question 1899:
These question are based on literary Appreciation.<br/>I have said too much unto a heart of stone,And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is that That is but mocks reproof.'<br/>William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night<br/>A heart of stone in the line above is an example of
  • A Metonymy
  • B Assonance
  • C Metaphor
  • D Litotes
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Question 1900:
These question are based on literary Appreciation.<br/>'Homage to Peregede, the triumphant mother of morning radiant in Chameleon's velvet let today's dawn bring on its rail trains of good tidings.<br/>Gbemisola Adeoti: Salutation to the gods.<br/>The excerpt above is an example of
  • A Invocation
  • B Ode
  • C Elegy
  • D Limerick
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