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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 196:
<b>He is a faithful liar</b><br/><br/><br/>The line above is an example of
  • A Epigram
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Euphemism
  • D Antithesis
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Question 197:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.</b><br/><br/><br/>'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'<br/>G.Okara: The Voice.<br/><br/><br/>It can be inferred from the passage above that the
  • A Listener is wise
  • B Speaker is a porter
  • C Listener is more experienced
  • D Speaker is more experienced
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Question 198:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.Oh incomprehensible God!</b><br/><br/><br/><b>Shall my pilot be<br/>My inborn stars to that<br/>Final call to thee...</b><br/><br/><br/>The literary device used in the first line is
  • A Apostrophe
  • B Burleques
  • C Rehetoric question
  • D Passion
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Question 199:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.</b><br/><br/><br/><b>'I have said too much unto a heart of stone,<br/>And laid my honour too unchary on it',<br/>There's something in me that reproves my fault,<br/>But such a headstrong potent fault it is <br/>That it but mocks reproof.'.</b><br/><br/><br/>William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night<br/>A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
  • A Litotes
  • B Metonymy
  • C Assonance
  • D Metaphor
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Question 200:
<b>No. no1 Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall. <br/><br/>The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.</b><br/><br/><br/>The speaker in the passage is
  • A Reckless
  • B Insane
  • C A coward
  • D A hero
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