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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 216:
<b>This question is based on General Literary Principles.</b><br/><br/><br/>An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
  • A Pathos
  • B Parody
  • C Pyrrhic
  • D Props
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Question 217:
<b>This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.</b><br/><br/><br/>'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring' <br/>The image in the lines above in Morris' <br/>The Proud King is
  • A Auditory
  • B Gustatory
  • C Tactile
  • D Visual
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Question 218:
<b>'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.<br/><br/>When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'</b><br/><br/><br/>The rhyme scheme from Tennyson's cross the Bar is
  • A Abac
  • B Abba
  • C Abab
  • D Abcb
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Question 219:
<b>'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.<br/><br/>When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'</b><br/><br/><br/>One of the themes of Awoonor's <b>The Anvil and the Hammer</b> is
  • A Education
  • B Slavery
  • C Colonisation
  • D Corruption
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Question 220:
<b>'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.<br/><br/>When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'<br/><br/>'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'</b><br/><br/><br/>The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as
  • A Smart
  • B Sick
  • C Weak
  • D Strong
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