Which of the following is common to all forms of literature?

The three major forms of literature are

Beauty in poetry depends mainly on

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The predominant figure of speech in the above extracts is

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the above extract is

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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.

The image depicted in the extract is one of

Pick the odd item from the list below

The birds fly high over
the hills beyond the corn fields.
The poetic device used in the above extract is

A poem written or rendered in praise of a person or thing is called

The basic elements of drama are

The choice of appropriate words to convey the thoughts of an author is called

The state of mind of a poet can be described as

Which of the following is a likely source of traditional oral poetry?

An African author who has written plays, poems and prose is

In a novel, the antagonist is

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The pattering rain was kicking up little
explosions of dust in the glade.He heard the
faint whisper of the stream as it stole across
the land and disappeared into the bush.

The figure of speech underlined in line 1 is

In poetry, rhythm is a regular pattern of

Which of the following is an African poet?

In a play, a long speech by a single character in the presence of other characters is called

A play that is full of exaggerated ridicule and laughter is called

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A group of actors in a play is called

A novel is usually written in

What distinguishes a novel from a play is

Which of the following best describes Literature? It

The literary device in the statement - 'Students are to come to class with their Shakespeare' is called

The first person narrator is usually

The first person narrator is usually

Which of the following is closest to the novel?

''The people's voices rutted like pigs in the mud'' is an example of

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That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

The rhyme scheme is known as

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That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

This kind of rhyme scheme is known as

A poem of 14 lines is known as a

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That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

A poem of four lines is known as a

Pick the odd item from the list

A play on words is

A play is fully realized when it is

An epitaph is

The essential function of a tragedy is to make people

Mime is the art of acting that involves the use of

A short witty statement is called an

'penny wise; pound foolish' is an example of

All fingers are not equal' is an example of

Any expression which creates a mental picture is known as

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The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

The predominant sound device in the extract is

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The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.
The underlined words in lines 1 and 4 are example of

The omniscient narrator

The main female character in a play is called

The character that opposses the hero in a novel is called the

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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Joseph turned around, Be careful you don't slip, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground. As he ran toward her, she turned slowly on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground, for he saw the position of her neck, and the grey that was stealing into her cheeks. 'It was too simple, to easy, too quick, he said.

The setting of this extract is the

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Joseph turned around, Be careful you don't slip, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground. As he ran toward her, she turned slowly on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground, for he saw the position of her neck, and the grey that was stealing into her cheeks. 'It was too simple, to easy, too quick, he said.

The mood of the narrator is one of

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Joseph turned around, Be careful you don't slip, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground. As he ran toward her, she turned slowly on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground, for he saw the position of her neck, and the grey that was stealing into her cheeks. 'It was too simple, to easy, too quick, he said.

The narrator's companion has just

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Joseph turned around, Be careful you don't slip, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground. As he ran toward her, she turned slowly on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground, for he saw the position of her neck, and the grey that was stealing into her cheeks. 'It was too simple, to easy, too quick, he said.

The extract is an example of

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Joseph turned around, Be careful you don't slip, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground. As he ran toward her, she turned slowly on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground, for he saw the position of her neck, and the grey that was stealing into her cheeks. 'It was too simple, to easy, too quick, he said.

The underlined expression is an example of

In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhored the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in a little coffee shop across from the Crystal Palace. Tall and jovial, he fell romantically in love with her at first sight. After a brief and hilarious courtship, they got married in a small Presbyterian Chapel in North London. Her people came and her mother shed a tear when it was announced that the newly-wed couple would go to Africa. From that day,her world collapsed. He had never even hinted that he had joined the colonial service. Nor did she know that her honeymoon would be a hurried affair in Brighton.She wept most of the time on board the M.V Apapa that took them to Africa. Eight years and her temper grew worse. She got farther and farther away from her husband. They never had a child. A child would have made all the difference in the world.

The figure of speech used in the first sentence is

In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhored the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in a little coffee shop across from the Crystal Palace. Tall and jovial, he fell romantically in love with her at first sight. After a brief and hilarious courtship, they got married in a small Presbyterian Chapel in North London. Her people came and her mother shed a tear when it was announced that the newly-wed couple would go to Africa. From that day,her world collapsed. He had never even hinted that he had joined the colonial service. Nor did she know that her honeymoon would be a hurried affair in Brighton.She wept most of the time on board the M.V Apapa that took them to Africa. Eight years and her temper grew worse. She got farther and farther away from her husband. They never had a child. A child would have made all the difference in the world.

In England, she had loved her husband, in Africa, She

In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhored the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in a little coffee shop across from the Crystal Palace. Tall and jovial, he fell romantically in love with her at first sight. After a brief and hilarious courtship, they got married in a small Presbyterian Chapel in North London. Her people came and her mother shed a tear when it was announced that the newly-wed couple would go to Africa. From that day,her world collapsed. He had never even hinted that he had joined the colonial service. Nor did she know that her honeymoon would be a hurried affair in Brighton.She wept most of the time on board the M.V Apapa that took them to Africa. Eight years and her temper grew worse. She got farther and farther away from her husband. They never had a child. A child would have made all the difference in the world.

'From that day her world collapsed' shows that the woman is

In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhored the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in a little coffee shop across from the Crystal Palace. Tall and jovial, he fell romantically in love with her at first sight. After a brief and hilarious courtship, they got married in a small Presbyterian Chapel in North London. Her people came and her mother shed a tear when it was announced that the newly-wed couple would go to Africa. From that day,her world collapsed. He had never even hinted that he had joined the colonial service. Nor did she know that her honeymoon would be a hurried affair in Brighton.She wept most of the time on board the M.V Apapa that took them to Africa. Eight years and her temper grew worse. She got farther and farther away from her husband. They never had a child. A child would have made all the difference in the world.

What made the woman's world collapse is

In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhored the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in a little coffee shop across from the Crystal Palace. Tall and jovial, he fell romantically in love with her at first sight. After a brief and hilarious courtship, they got married in a small Presbyterian Chapel in North London. Her people came and her mother shed a tear when it was announced that the newly-wed couple would go to Africa. From that day,her world collapsed. He had never even hinted that he had joined the colonial service. Nor did she know that her honeymoon would be a hurried affair in Brighton.She wept most of the time on board the M.V Apapa that took them to Africa. Eight years and her temper grew worse. She got farther and farther away from her husband. They never had a child. A child would have made all the difference in the world.

From the last sentence, it is obvious that the couple

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The poem is an example of

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The poem is an example of

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The predominant literary device used in the extract is

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The feeling of the poet is one of

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The underlined expression contains a

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The poem is a blank verse because

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O stealing time, the subject of delay,
Delay the rack of unrefrained desire,
What strange design has thou my hopes to stay?
My hopes which do but to mine own aspire?

Old age is wise, and full of constant truth,
Old age well stayed from ranging humours lives,
Old age hath known, whatever was in youth,
Old age overcome the greater honour gives.

The rhyme scheme of the above extract is

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
O stealing time, the subject of delay,
Delay the rack of unrefrained desire,
What strange design has thou my hopes to stay?
My hopes which do but to mine own aspire?

Old age is wise, and full of constant truth,
Old age well stayed from ranging humours lives,
Old age hath known, whatever was in youth,
Old age overcome the greater honour gives.

The literary device used in line 1 is an example of

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
O stealing time, the subject of delay,
Delay the rack of unrefrained desire,
What strange design has thou my hopes to stay?
My hopes which do but to mine own aspire?

Old age is wise, and full of constant truth,
Old age well stayed from ranging humours lives,
Old age hath known, whatever was in youth,
Old age overcome the greater honour gives.

The literary device used in lines 3 and 4 of stanza 1 is

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
O stealing time, the subject of delay,
Delay the rack of unrefrained desire,
What strange design has thou my hopes to stay?
My hopes which do but to mine own aspire?

Old age is wise, and full of constant truth,
Old age well stayed from ranging humours lives,
Old age hath known, whatever was in youth,
Old age overcome the greater honour gives.

The predominant figure of speech in stanza ll is

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
O stealing time, the subject of delay,
Delay the rack of unrefrained desire,
What strange design has thou my hopes to stay?
My hopes which do but to mine own aspire?

Old age is wise, and full of constant truth,
Old age well stayed from ranging humours lives,
Old age hath known, whatever was in youth,
Old age overcome the greater honour gives.

The mood of the poet is that of

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)

Speaker A is

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)
Speaker B is

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)

Speaker B is worried about lllyria because the lady

Read the extract below and answer the question:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)

Why is speaker A afraid the brother might be drowned? It is because

Read the extract below and answer the question:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night

A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)

The figure of speech underlined in the extract is known as

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A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)

Speaker A is

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A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
Speaker A's object of love is

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A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
The hero of the play is

Read the extract below and answer the question:

A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
The mood of Speaker A in the above scene is one of

Read the extract below and answer the question:

A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
The play 'Twelfth Night' is a

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A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)

Speaker A is

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A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)

Speaker B is

Read the extract below and answer questions:

A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)

The Count referred to in the extract is

Read the extract below and answer questions:

A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)

They mood of Speaker A, is that of

Read the extract below and answer questions:

A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)

By the offence in the extract, Speaker A is a

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame

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Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........

Speaker A is

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame

Read the extract below and answer questions:

Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........

Speaker A is addressing

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame

Read the extract below and answer questions:

Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........

The land is not at peace because of

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame

Read the extract below and answer questions:

Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........

Speaker A's duty is to

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame

Read the extract below and answer questions:

Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........

Where are speakers A and B when the above statements are made? They are at

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?

'My Lord' refers to

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A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?

'The charges' are made on the basis of

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A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?

'Bedsharer' implies

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A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?

The 'blind bat' is

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A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?

Speaker A is

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Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.

Speaker A is

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Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.

The trouble in the land is

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question:
Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.

Speaker B is

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question:
Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.

Ifa oracle is consulted at

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question:
Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.

The cause of the trouble is

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To Conquer

A : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.
I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.

B : Ay, your times were fine times indeed, you have telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company....'

' Them' in line 1 refers to

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To Conquer

A : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.
I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.

B : Ay, your times were fine times indeed, you have telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company....'

Speaker B wishes to take a trip to

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To Conquer

A : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.
I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.

B : Ay, your times were fine times indeed, you have telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company....'

Speaker A and B are in

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question

A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.

B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.

The name of the youngman coming form town is

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question

A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.

B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.

Speaker A is the father of

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question

A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.

B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.

The news of the suitor's visit makes Speaker B

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question

A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.

B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.

The underlined expression reveals that speaker B

A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

The gentlemen are

A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

They are both welcome to the house of Mr. and Mrs

A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

They are both welcome to the house of Mr. and Mrs

A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

Speaker A is happy to receive his

A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

Speaker B believes Speaker A is

A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.
It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horse and trunks taken care of

B : (Aside): He has got our names from the servants already. (To him): We approve your caution and hospitality, Sir.

Speaker B is

The heroine of the play, She Stoops to Conquer is

Mrs. Hardcastle is best described as

Mrs. Hardcastle dotes very much on

EFUAT. SUTHERLAND: The Marriage of Anansewa

Speaker A: Haven't you stayed at home for nearly
two weeks because your fees are owing?
And am I not still straining to find the money?

Speaker B: Yes

Speaker A is

EFUAT. SUTHERLAND: The Marriage of Anansewa

Speaker A: Haven't you stayed at home for nearly
two weeks because your fees are owing?
And am I not still straining to find the money?

Speaker B: Yes

Speaker B is

Read the this passage carefully and answer the question

Speaker A: Delicious news cut a little whisky with me,
Mr Honourable Hey, bring the
drinks!......Sweet news Mr. Honourable (They drink)
Did he specify the day?

Speaker B: Oh yes. Two weeks today,

The 'delicious news' is delivered by

Read the this passage carefully and answer the question

Speaker A: Delicious news cut a little whisky with me,
Mr Honourable Hey, bring the
drinks!......Sweet news Mr. Honourable (They drink)
Did he specify the day?

Speaker B: Oh yes. Two weeks today,

Speaker A is

Read the this passage carefully and answer the question:

I have returned safely home after my visit to you
They little affair about which we spoke seriously
Occupies my thoughts. How can I ever forget that
you have done me great honour? To show my
gratitude. I will guard the object of your interest....
with all the vigilance in my power......

The speaker is

Read the this passage carefully and answer the question:

I have returned safely home after my visit to you
They little affair about which we spoke seriously
Occupies my thoughts. How can I ever forget that
you have done me great honour? To show my
gratitude. I will guard the object of your interest....
with all the vigilance in my power......

The 'little affair' is about

Read the this passage carefully and answer the question:

I have returned safely home after my visit to you
They little affair about which we spoke seriously
Occupies my thoughts. How can I ever forget that
you have done me great honour? To show my
gratitude. I will guard the object of your interest....
with all the vigilance in my power......

'The object' of interest is

Read the passage carefully and answer this question

A : Did I say I would stop attending anywhere?
Did I? But bluntly speaking as for some old
chief with fifty wives, that won't do at all
Never.

B : (With cunning) Supposing it isn't some old
chief as you ignorantly describe, but the finely
built, glowing black large - eyed, handsome as anything, courages and famous .....

Speaker A is

Read the passage carefully and answer this question

A : Did I say I would stop attending anywhere?
Did I? But bluntly speaking as for some old
chief with fifty wives, that won't do at all
Never.

B : (With cunning) Supposing it isn't some old
chief as you ignorantly describe, but the finely
built, glowing black large - eyed, handsome as anything, courages and famous .....

Speaker B is

Read the passage carefully and answer this question

A : Did I say I would stop attending anywhere?
Did I? But bluntly speaking as for some old
chief with fifty wives, that won't do at all
Never.

B : (With cunning) Supposing it isn't some old
chief as you ignorantly describe, but the finely
built, glowing black large - eyed, handsome as anything, courages and famous .....

Speaker A is Speaker B's

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'Ah, here's a lovely thing. Oh, let me give service to my child.
Man, give me my child's brass bowl.....it's for you I'm spending my energy.
Sir, give me the nyanya, please.

The speaker is

Read the passage carefully and answer question:

'Ah, here's a lovely thing. Oh, let me give service to my child.
Man, give me my child's brass bowl.....it's for you I'm spending my energy.
Sir, give me the nyanya, please.

The brass bowl is meant

Read the passage carefully and answer question:

'Ah, here's a lovely thing. Oh, let me give service to my child.
Man, give me my child's brass bowl.....it's for you I'm spending my energy.
Sir, give me the nyanya, please.

The above speech is made at the