In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by
Answer
(D)
leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.
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'No, let them attack me. Is it not Ignorance that makes the rat attack the cat? Ten thousand of them-let them ... attack me. they have the arms, they have the swords. But me... I have only one weapon and this i have used, and mine is the victory...'
The one weapon to which the speaker in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers is
Answer
(C)
truth
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'The let these eyes around me close, Close close in sleep, close in sleep. That is my word-the mountain always sleeps. Sleep Sleep... sleep..sleep...'
These lines from The Gods Are Not To Blame were chanted by
Answer
(C)
Odewale to mesmerise his assailants
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'But Obatal,
God Creation,
has a way
of consoling the distressed.
The consolation referred to by the narrator in The Gods Are Not To Blame is the
Answer
(D)
birth of Aderopo by Ojuola.
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FIRST BODYGUARD: A madman wanting to see the king! The world, indeed, is mad OJUOLA: How do you know he is a madman?
Which of the following is the answer given by the second bodyguard to Ojuola in The Gods Are Not To Blame?
Answer
(D)
he is not a man of our tribe, your highness.
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'From forth the fatal lions of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...'
These lines from Romeo and Juliet suggest that the
Answer
(B)
tragedy was predestined
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'O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the check of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear'
Romeo and Juliet
In these lines Juliet's beauty is presented
Answer
(A)
in contrast to the dark night
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'The all-seeing sun
Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun'
The above lines were spoken in Romeo and Juliet by
Answer
(C)
Romeo in praise of Rosaline
9
Which of the following illustrate the element of chance in Romeo and Juliet?
Answer
(A)
Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo
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The tragedy in Romeo and Juliet occurs as a result of
Answer
(D)
circumstances rather than flaws in character.
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In ''Abiku'', the statement
''Yams do not sprout in amulets
To earth Abiku''s limbs....''
Simply means
Answer
(C)
Abiku cannot be appeased
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''But it is not the time
To lay wreaths
For yesterdays crimes...''
Lenrie Peters in his poem, We Have Come Home'' makes this statement because
Answer
(C)
there is no point crying over spilled milk
13
At the end of the poem 'pianos and Drums', the protagonist is best described as
Answer
(B)
a cultural mulatto
14
In J.P Clark's 'Olokun', the line 'No greater love has a woman' signifies
Answer
(B)
mutual love
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In J.P Clark's Olokun', the line
'So drunken like ancient walls'
means that the worshipers are drunken with
Answer
(D)
intense awe of Olokun
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'I shall sleep under the roof of other heads of hair in shelter from storms'.
In Leopold Senghor's poem 'Long long you have held between your hands', the word 'storms' in the above line refers to
Answer
(C)
storming raids by the racist police
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Which of the following best describes the speakers attitude to mother Idoto in Okigbo's poem 'Idoto'?
Answer
(A)
Obsequious
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The sufferings of the protagonist in Birago Diop's 'vanity' are
Answer
(B)
self-inflicted
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In The Victims, the two old women play the role of
Answer
(D)
chorus
20
Which of the following best describes Nwabunor in The Victims?
Answer
(D)
A shrewd calculating woman
21
A close reading of The Victims reveals that Ogugua's pr-marital and extra-marital affairs are a reflection of her
Answer
(C)
defiance of social norms
22
The major cause of the tragedy in The Victims is
Answer
(D)
Obunua's irresponsibility
23
In Great Expectations, Pips nursing of Magwitch is significant because it
Answer
(D)
shows Pip's moral regeneration.
24
At the very end of Great Expectations, Estella disclosed to Pip that the source of her present maturity and wisdom was
Answer
(C)
the suffering she had experienced in life
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''His mouth was such a post-office of a month that he had a mechanical appearance of smiling''.
This description in Great expectations refers to
Answer
(B)
Mr. Wemmick
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In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because
Answer
(D)
they believede that the act would bring him good luck.
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Pip's Flippant remarks concerning the tombstones in the opening chapter of Great Expectations indicate
Answer
(B)
the child's inability to understand
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Caricature is used to
Answer
(A)
ridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features
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The substitution of mild and pleasant expression for harsh and blunt one is called
Answer
(D)
euphemism.
30
Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called
Answer
(D)
didactic.
31
The novel, The Novella and the Short Story are the major sub-genres
Answer
(B)
prose fiction
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'Have you got any hands today?
'No, i am working alone. My helpers are on strike
'Would you like to engage me? My fees are reasonable.'
'No thank you'.
In this brief dialogue, the first line contains the device known as
Answer
(A)
syncedoche
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'The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night's rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.'
The dominant literary device in this passage is
Answer
(D)
personification
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'Was it for this you took such constant care
The bodkin, comb and essence to prepare?
For this your locks in paper durance bound?
For this with tort'ring iron wreath'd round?
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
Answer
(B)
rhetorical questions
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'A dungeon horrible, one all sides round'
As one great furnace flamed, yet for those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible'.
The phrase 'darkness visible' in the above lines is an example of
Answer
(C)
oxymoron
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'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is
Answer
(D)
onomotopoeia
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'For i have known them all already, known them all.
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'.
The tone in these lines suggest
Answer
(C)
tediousness and boredom
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''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees
Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.
The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s
Answer
(B)
meticulous attension to matters concerning women
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'what happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?'
In the above lines, the poet achieves special effect by the use of
Answer
(D)
simile.
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'A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire - whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth'.
The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of
Answer
(B)
sight
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She said you just had to make an emotional commitment in marriage. It was like skiing, you could not see in advance what would happen but you had to let go. Maybe that was why I failed, because I didn't know what I had to let go of. For me it hadn't been like skiing, it was more like jumping off a cliff. That was the feeling I had all the time I was married, in the air, going down, waiting for the smash at the bottom.
The passage indicates that the author's experience in marriage was
Answer
(D)
fraught with grief and despair
42
An ode is best described as a
Answer
(D)
lyrical poem addressed to some persons things
43
Alliteration is
Answer
(B)
the repetition of two or more words having the same initial consonant sound
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An allegory is a story
Answer
(A)
in which people or things or events have another meaning
