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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Clark’s Agbor Dancer, the the poet watches the dancer with

  • A. spite
  • B. despair
  • C. nostalgia
  • D. rhapsody
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is

  • A. a fictional character
  • B. a stock character
  • C. a rounded character
  • D. an antagonist
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Odia Ofeimuun’s We must Learn Again to Fly, the use of ‘we’ gives the poem a

  • A. universal appeal
  • B. personifying effect
  • C. symbolic undertone
  • D. dramatic sensation
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The poet persona in Wangusa’s A Taxi Driver on His Death is

  • A. optimistic
  • B. pessimistic
  • C. romantic
  • D. sarcastic
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The concern of the poet in Serenade is to

  • A. boast about the lover's wealth
  • B. appeal to the lady in question
  • C. examine the gloomy side of marriage
  • D. express the lady's sense of grief
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Brutus’A Troubadour I Traverse, the poet juxtaposes

  • A. love with hatred
  • B. defiance with submission
  • C. suffering with pleasure
  • D. safety with danger
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

The use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker’s Myopia emphasizes the

  • A. anger of the peasants
  • B. beauty of the poem
  • C. distressed mood of the persona
  • D. arrangement of the stanzas
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Senghor’s I will pronounce Your Name, ‘cinnamon’is significant for its

  • A. dramatic irony
  • B. botanical allusion
  • C. olfactory image
  • D. extended metaphor
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This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Milton’s On His Blindness, the poet’s attitude towards his blindness is one of

  • A. anger
  • B. sorrow
  • C. fortitude
  • D. apathy
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This question is based on selection poem from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Keats’ On the Grasshopper and Cricket, the frost of winter evenings is said to cause

  • A. violence
  • B. luxury
  • C. silence
  • D. loneliness
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This question is based on selection poem from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The person in Houseman’s To an Athlate Dying Young addressed the dead athlete using

  • A. monologue
  • B. apostrophe
  • C. dialogue
  • D. admonition
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From the novel; Fragments

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments
In the novel, the most prominent from of literature used is

  • A. myth
  • B. drama
  • C. poetry
  • D. folktale
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From the novel; Fragments

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments
It can be safely assumed that the novel is

  • A. culturally simple
  • B. structurally complex
  • C. naturally simple
  • D. physically revlevant
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From the novel; Fragments

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments
The outdooring ceremony of Araba’s child, fixed for the fifth day after his birth, is opposed to by Naana because the child

  • A. is reincarnated in the father
  • B. is still in the custody of the spirits
  • C. makes the spirits angry
  • D. needs the uncle's support
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From the novel; The New Man

This question is based on Ademiluyi’s The New Man.
The metamorphosis that takes place in the novel is manly due to

  • A. disillusionment
  • B. greed and avarice
  • C. love and affection
  • D. selfishness
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From the novel; The New Man

The novel is remarkable for the author’s use of 

  • A. digression and rubric
  • B. intrigues and metaphors
  • C. setting and design
  • D. suspense and irony
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From the novel; The New Man

When do Ayo and his mother stop begging for alms?

  • A. As soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
  • B. Shortly before the beggars strike
  • C. As soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
  • D. After their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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From the novel; Tess of the D'Urbervilles

This question is based on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbrvilles.
Mrs.Joan Durbeyfield is portrayed as

  • A. reticent and deeply emotional
  • B. strong-willed and boisterous
  • C. pretentious and calculating
  • D. fastidious and overbearing
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbrvilles.
Tess of the d’Urbrvilles is an interrogation of the Victorian period’s

  • A. double standard
  • B. concept of love
  • C. ideas about women
  • D. celebration of industrialization
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From the novel; Tess of the D'Urbervilles

This question is based on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbrvilles.
At what time does Tess often look so transformed before Angel Clare?

  • A. At 3 am ontheir way to milking the cow
  • B. At 12 midnight while retiring to bed
  • C. At 12 noon
  • D. At twilight
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From the novel; Tess of the D'Urbervilles

This question is based on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbrvilles.
One thing that Angel Clare hates most is

  • A. the nation of old family
  • B. marrying a girl of her parents'choice
  • C. Cambridge education
  • D. becoming a minister
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