This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
In the play, the character of Lawyer B is presented through the use of
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(D)
irony
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This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
The plot of the play is
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(A)
linear
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This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
James Ofosu's desire is to see Maanan trained as
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(B)
an attorney
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This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
What causes the strained relationship between James and Lawyer B?
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(A)
Betrayal of trust
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This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters ,Now look what we have:a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!'
The device used by Aaron in the excerpt above is
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(D)
allegory
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if
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(A)
Juliet is prepared
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
.....So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
What makes Juliet's night so tedious is the
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(D)
unconsummated marriage with Romeo
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
.....So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
The literary device used in the excerpt is
Answer
(B)
simile
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
The atmosphere of tragedy in the play is created through the use of
Answer
(B)
fights and quarrels
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare depicts love and idealism through the
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(A)
party at the Capulets'
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only
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(B)
where there there are no children
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of the themes of the novel is
Answer
(B)
repression
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
Newspeak, the official language of Oceania, is devised to
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(A)
meet the ideological needs of lngsoc
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
The main concern of Winston in the novel is to
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(A)
take power for himself
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal '' We are here to die of rage! say die of rage because this time the uncircumcised have gone too far...''
The word uncircumcised in the statement above by Nti refers to
Answer
(B)
the whites
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
The only two sons of Meka die fighting for
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(B)
the colonialists
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
In the novel, Africanness is achieved in both
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(A)
setting and characterization
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
What prompts Nnu Ego to run to the effigy of her Chi is that
Answer
(A)
she is worried and sick
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
In the society of Nwokocha Agbadi, a man's social rating is determined by his
Answer
(B)
physical prowess
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
''look at me jubilant for being given another opportunity to live longer, and see this foolish woman eager to end her own life when her maker is not yet ready for her...''
The opportunity referred to in the extract above is
Answer
(B)
narrowly escaping being knocked down
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This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
Thorn in Adeotiu's Naked Soles symbolizes
Answer
(D)
suffering
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This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
'Pregnant clouds Ride Safely on its back'
pregnant clouds' in Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm implies
Answer
(A)
uncertainty
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): 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 phrase the sunset in Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation refers to
Answer
(A)
old age
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This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
'The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow's anguish.'
The widow in the lines above in Launko's End of the War is in anguish because of the
Answer
(D)
death of all the soldiers in the battlefield
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This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
The end of Give Me The Minstrel's seat seems to suggest that one needs the
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(A)
support of others
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
According to Give Me The Minstrel's Seat,,/b> a woman is
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(D)
a harbinger of good luck
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
In Marvel's To His Coy Mistress the poet-persona tries to
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(D)
discuss the nature of man and the value of time
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
In Lawrence's Bat the poet's attitude to bat is one of
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(C)
contempt
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
The first stanza of Eliot's The Journey of the Magi depicts the
Answer
(C)
hazards of the journey
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
In Cope's Sonnet VII, poets are presented as
Answer
(D)
researchers
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This question is based on General Literary Principles A poetic device in which an idea in a line runs into another is called
Answer
(B)
enjambment
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This question is based on General Literary Principles The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is
Answer
(A)
rhythm
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This question is based on General Literary Principles A conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is
Answer
(D)
parody
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This question is based on General Literary Principles The use of gestures to communicate in drama is known as
Answer
(A)
mime
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This question is based on General Literary Principles A short and witty remark is
Answer
(C)
an eptgram
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This question is based on General Literary Principles An expression that signifies a whole through its significant parts is
Answer
(B)
synecdoche
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This question is based on General Literary Principles A structural arrangement of units of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called
Answer
(D)
parallelism
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The pride that contributes to the fall of a tragic character in a play is known as
Answer
(C)
hubris
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
A metrical foot of two stressed or long syllables is called
Answer
(A)
a spondee
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This question is based on General Literary Principles A group of three lyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as
Answer
(C)
trilogy
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Biokun: I did it for her!Let theme laugh!
Let them condemn me. I who have always derided superstition. I have gone back to the shrine of Olokun. At least if he dies, Oroki will know I tried everything. Femi Osofisan:No More the Wasted Breed
Biokun's mood in this passage is one of
Answer
(A)
desperation
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation. 'My song is the root touching other roots in a covenant below the crust... Niyi Osundara: Waiting Laughters The imagery used in the second line of the extract above is
Answer
(B)
visual
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation. 'The huge sacrifice that ward off death The big offering that prevents diseases...... Femi Osofisan: Morountodun The poem above can best be described as
Answer
(A)
epic
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation. Why blame her who denies love for the asking And not the Birds and Moths and Beetles That after deep draughts from rich nector wells Flee tha drained petals to virgin flowers The sound device used in the extract above is
Answer
(C)
emphasis
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation. Oh, the market is set like the hub of a wheel And it pulls like a magnet strong. It is easy to tell How it casts its spell And draws all the crowds along The sound device used in the extract above is