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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 291:
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.<br/><br/><br/>Nnaife and Nnu Ego Second Child but the first to live is
  • A Adim
  • B Ngozi
  • C Oshia
  • D Adaku
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Question 292:
This question is based on William Romeo and Juliet.<br/><br/>In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.<br/>'.... So tedious is this day<br/><br/>As is the night before some festival<br/>To an important child that hath them.<br/><br/>new robes and may not wear.<br/><br/>The literary device used in the excerpt is
  • A Simile
  • B Metaphor
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Apostrophe
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Question 293:
This question is based on General literacy principles<br/><br/>A literary genre which directly imitates human action is
  • A Drama
  • B Comedy
  • C Prose
  • D Poetry
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Question 294:
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.<br/><br/>The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of<br/><br/>In Houseman's To an Athlete Dying Young, the persona addresses the dead athlete using
  • A Monologue
  • B Dialogue
  • C Apostrophe
  • D Prologue
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Question 295:
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because
  • A It is full of noblemen and ladies
  • B It is set in Verona
  • C It ends unhappily
  • D Juliet is only fourteen years old
  • E It has five acts
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