This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
Jibunoh was simply a difficult man.He was relation. He all his neighbours and deserted by his relations policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for decency or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friend. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning.'The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes
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(C)
lawlessness
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'Loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands out the woodland ride Wearing While for Easter tide
A.E Housman Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Tree. In the excerpt above, the subject matter is
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(C)
snow at easter
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go.
Whilst some of their sad friends do say '' The breath goes now', and some say ''No''
The tone of this poem is generally
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(B)
serious
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'I am informed the day recycles itself today
when I slept in the Lord in February
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless Good for a noble departure-His words
The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days
The persona in the poem appears happy to have died
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(A)
a noble death
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'I am informed the day recycles itself today
when I slept in the Lord in February
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless Good for a noble departure-His words
The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days
The lines above express
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(A)
anniversary
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
If God is the sole author of man's life and all that befall him on earth, does it not stand to reason that all evils that befall man are God sanctioned?
If man generally turns to God to ball him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong then to conclude that He allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him?
The literary style used in the passage above is
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(B)
rhetorical
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'
In the lines above. Tom is warm because he
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(B)
is doing his duty
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.
This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.
The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is
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(D)
drawn from hunting
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'' To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.''
William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
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(B)
hyperbole
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'The gloom will give way to light
And the thorny path cleared of pain
The storms will bow to the prompting of peace
Lost moments of glory will be restored
And strangled opportunities reborn
We shall yet regain the dawn
The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of
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(B)
anticipation of positive change
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
Farce thrives on
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(C)
absurdity
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as
Answer
(D)
a pastoral
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnet is
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(D)
abab cdcd efef gg
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and
Answer
(A)
terror
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
Allegory is used to describe a work in which
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(D)
abstract ideas are personified
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of
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(D)
suspense
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a
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(D)
close rapport between players and spectators.
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
In literary convention, 'aside' is used to
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(A)
make a pointed remark
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called
Answer
(D)
stream of consciousness
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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of
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(C)
Udje
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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is
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(D)
desirable but unattainable
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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in
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(C)
the direction of the kitchen, offstage
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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.'Those being ridiculed here are the
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(B)
husbands
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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to
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(D)
hurt their husbands
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer. ''My heart thus pressing-fix'd my face and eye-with a sententious look, that nothing means...'In the lines above, the speaker implies that
Answer
(A)
his gesture means nothing
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to
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(D)
female characters
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The story of the play would have been different but for
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(B)
Mr. Hardcastle's ignorance of Young Marlow's true identity
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The Dorothy of the play is
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(A)
Tony Lumpkin's mother
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The success of the play as a comedy relies on the author's use of
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(A)
dramatic irony
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears
The events in the novel span
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(A)
forty days
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears
The subject matter of the novel is
Answer
(B)
the evils of materialism
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears
The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can be interpreted as Gimba's
Answer
(C)
condemnaton of social injustice
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
In the novel, 'animalism' is a system of thought that emphasizes
Answer
(B)
equality
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
The dominant technique in the book is
Answer
(C)
symbolism
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
The overthrow of Jones happens sooner than expected because the animals
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(A)
experience acute suffering
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
In the novel, Boxer is respected for his
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(D)
hard work
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This question is based on S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The attitude of the narrator to religion in the novel is
Answer
(C)
ambiguous
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This question is based on S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The plot of the novel is
Answer
(B)
achronological
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This question is based on S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The language of the novel is generally
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(B)
educative
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This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
In Robert Frost's 'Wild Grapes', the girl's brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to
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(B)
allow himself time-in-between to eat
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This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse. Donne's 'Death, be not proud'' is
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(B)
a dirge
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This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
'On the sand hill her footprints Gleam like a prisoner's chain
The lines above from Mohan Singh's . 'A village girl' suggest the girl's
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(C)
difficult in walking
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This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of
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(C)
contrast
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This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The subject matter of Kassam's 'Maji Maji is
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(D)
colonialism
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This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The moon of the persona in Nortje's 'Nightfall' is one of