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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1991:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>"Busy old fool, unruly sun,<br/>Why dost thou thus."<br/>J. Donne:The Sun Rising<br/>From the lines above, the poet sees the sun as
  • A Illumination after darkness
  • B An unnecessary evil
  • C A necessary evil
  • D A light provider
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Question 1992:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>The body perishes, the heart stays young.<br/>The platter wears away with serving food.<br/>No log retains its bark when old,<br/>No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.<br/>The theme of the poem above is
  • A Non-peaceful nature of love
  • B Diminishing nature of love
  • C Permanence of love
  • D Decaying nature of wood
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Question 1993:
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.<br/>The body perishes, the heart stays young.<br/>The platter wears away with serving food.<br/>No log retains its bark when old,<br/>No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.<br/>From the poem above, "No lover peaceful while the rival weeps" means that
  • A The pain of one lover is felt by the other
  • B There is no permanent love
  • C There is true and permanent love
  • D The two lovers weep together
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Question 1994:
"Will college make you a better Olokun<br/>priest?<br/>Will it make you serve our ancestors <br/>better?<br/>Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-<br/>hearted priest<br/>of Olokun. Did I go to college?"<br/>Grace Osifo: Dizzy <br/>The literary device used in the passage above is
  • A Onomatopoeia
  • B Metaphor
  • C Simile
  • D Parallelism
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Question 1995:
These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. <br/>James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....<br/>The speaker is referring to
  • A Fosuwa
  • B Awere
  • C Maanan
  • D Hannah
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