Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Mtchali's 'Nightfall in Soweto'is about one of the following

A Moonlight play at night
B Disease that attacks the body
C A man fighting against a dangerous animal
D An animal attacking a helpless man
E A wicked man opressing a helpless man

Question 387:

We returned to our places,these kingdoms ,
But no longer at ease here,in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their goods.
I should be glad of another death.
The author of these lines is

A W.B. Yeats
B Chinua Achebe
C Thomas Hardy
D T.S. Elliot
E E.G. Okara

Question 388:

Peter Abraham's Mine Boy is about one of the following

A Opression through labour
B The dignity of labour
C Happy childhood
D Conflict of the culture
E None of the above

Question 389:

In a 'Portrait', a poet writes:
At mankind's feast,i take my place
In solemn,sanctimonious state,
And have the air of saying grace
While i defile the dinner plate.
The tone of this passage may be described as

A Solemn
B Self-mocking
C Dead earnest
D Serious
E Angry

Question 390:

Our attitude to the hero of George Elliot's Sill Marner is one of

A Contempt
B Fear
C Sympathy
D Hatred
E None of the above