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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1966:
These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.<br/>The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeoti's Naked Soles is
  • A Hyperbole
  • B Onomatopoeia
  • C Zeugma
  • D Oxymoron
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Question 1967:
These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.<br/>Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm can be described as
  • A Traditional
  • B Satiritical
  • C Didactic
  • D Dramatic
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Question 1968:
These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.<br/>'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."<br/>The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of
  • A Anecdote
  • B Aside
  • C Apostrophe
  • D Allusion
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Question 1969:
These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.<br/>"Let me ask for what reason or rhyme <br/>women refuse to marry?<br/>Woman cannot exist except by man,<br/>what is there in that to vex some of them so?<br/>The lines above from Give Me The Minstrel's Seat is an example of
  • A Ironical statement
  • B Rhetorical question
  • C Pathetic fallacy
  • D Chiasmus
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Question 1970:
These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.<br/>"Time winged chariot"<br/>The line above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress depicts
  • A The measurement of time
  • B How fast events unfold
  • C How fast time flies
  • D The usefulness of time
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