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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 201:
<b>'He says<br/>The medicine gourds are filthy,<br/>And the herb<br/>Are drunk from unhygienic cups</b><br/><br/><u>'Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino</u><br/><br/><br/>The poet in the lines is saying that
  • A The speaker is very hygienic
  • B The person referred to takes Western medicine
  • C Herbal medicine is dangerous
  • D The speaker prefers Western medicine
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Question 202:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Principles.</b><br/><br/><br/>Satire employs the use of
  • A Onomatopeia
  • B Irony
  • C Synecdoche
  • D Melancholy
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Question 203:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Principles.</b><br/><br/><br/>The speech made by a character to himself on stage is
  • A Epilogue
  • B Aside
  • C Soliloquy
  • D Monologue
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Question 204:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.</b><br/><br/><br/>'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'<br/><br/><br/>Wole Soyinka: Night.<br/><br/><br/>The line above suggest that women are
  • A Covetous
  • B Dogmatic
  • C Seers
  • D Magicians
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Question 205:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.</b><br/><br/><br/>Fights by the book of arithmetic<br/>The figure of speech in the line above is
  • A Hyperbole
  • B Euphemism
  • C Litotes
  • D Innuendo
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