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The ‘Myth of the Bagre’ is recited at the

  • A. funeral of young men
  • B. funeral of young women
  • C. funeral of old men and woman
  • D. coming of age of young men and women
  • E. return of the ancestors.
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From the novel; Macbeth

In Shakespeare”s Macbeth, the central character-Macbeth-is

  • A. a Russhian general
  • B. a Scottish general
  • C. a Finnish general
  • D. an English general
  • E. a German general
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45

Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a country churchyard’ can be seen as

  • A. total condemnation of human life
  • B. lament for the death of the great and powerful
  • C. an attack on social inequality
  • D. a criticism of the poor and the unambitious
  • E. a recognition of the poor and simple life.
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The dominant attitude in T.S. Eliot’s ‘Journey of the magi’s is

  • A. dissatisfaction
  • B. total satisfaction
  • C. ambivalence
  • D. disgust
  • E. pessimism.
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The grave procession in Soyinka”s ”procession l-Hanging day” is meant to suggest in the entire poem

  • A. the people in the procession are going to the grave
  • B. the people are moving slowly in order to avoid the sunny spots
  • C. the people in the procession are solemn
  • D. the people in the procession are solemn and are going to the grave
  • E. the people walk soundlessly.
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‘The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me in borrowed robes?
Macbeth is putting this question to

  • A. Banquo
  • B. the witches
  • C. hid servant
  • D. Ross and Angus
  • E. Lady Macbeth.
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Wordsworth’s ‘The World is Too Much With Us’ is a

  • A. sonnet
  • B. epic
  • C. couplet
  • D. quartrain
  • E. tercet.
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