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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 271:
This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbol is known as
  • A Characterization
  • B Allegory
  • C Metaphor
  • D Parallelism
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Question 272:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that
reproves my fault. But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.'
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
  • A Assonance
  • B Metaphor
  • C Litotes
  • D Antonym
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Question 273:
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Why did Nnaife blame Nnu Ego for all his problems
  • A Because his daughter slapped him
  • B Because his daughter disobeyed him by travelling to abroad
  • C Because his daughter disobeyed him by moving with prostitutes
  • D Because his daughter ran away with a Yoruba man.
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Question 274:
This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

Paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan is
  • A Fosuwa
  • B Hannah
  • C Mrs. Bonu
  • D Adwao
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Question 275:
Plays are basically meant to be
  • A Presented on stage
  • B Presented in the aircraft
  • C Presented in an office
  • D Presented in the hospital
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