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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 191:
<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/><br/>The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as
  • A Sober
  • B Boastful
  • C Defiant
  • D Languid
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Question 192:
<b>Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption</b><br/><br/><br/>"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."<br/><br/><br/>The speaker in the excerpt above is
  • A Aloho
  • B Ogeyi
  • C Odili
  • D Ochuole
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Question 193:
"The bees are <u>buzzing</u> and <u>humming</u> with great zest. <br/>the doves are cooing, and the children <u>chatter</u> as they <u>clatter</u> downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.<br/><br/>Use the extract above to answer the question below<br/><br/>The predicament sound device in the extract is
  • A Assonance
  • B Consonance
  • C Onomatopoeia
  • D Alliteration
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Question 194:
<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/><br/>Piano and Drums according to Okara's Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________
  • A Contradictory tunes
  • B Complementary tunes
  • C Different cultural milieus
  • D Different rhythmic appeals
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Question 195:
<b>'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, <br/>Shall share with me this little bed,<br/>And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost, <br/>By sucking blood from my poor head...'</b><br/><br/><i>Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.</i><br/><br/><br/>The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is
  • A Metaphor
  • B Simile
  • C Personification
  • D Hyperbole
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