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Literature In English Past Questions Practice
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In on of the three jugs
The three jugs where on certain evenings return the tranquil souls,
the breaths of the ancestors,
the ancestors who were men,
the ancestors who were sages,
Mother has dipped three fingers
three fingers of her left hand:
thumb,forefinger and middle finger
i have dipped three fingers
three fingers of my right hand:
thumb,forefinger and middle finger.
(From "Viaticum"by B.Diop)
In this poem,the repetitive pattern suggests

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In 'Wild Grapes' the narrator says 'You see me celebrate two birthdays,And give myself out as two different ages because

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'My room was the smallest space I'D ever been in on which a door had closed. There was a bed, built in wardrobe, chair and small table, and above in the ceiling was screwed a one-candlepower bulb it really made you feel welcome....'

The last statement in this passage is an example of

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This is my letter to the world
That never wrote to me
The simple news that Nature told
With tender majesty

Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen
Judge tenderly of me'

To whom does 'her' in line 5 refer?

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Your hand is heavy,upon my brow
I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds,to dare
Exacerbation from your subtle plough.

Woman as a clam,on the sea's crescent
I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's
Fluorescence,dance on the pulse incessant

Of the waves.And i stood,drained
Submitting like the sands,blood and brine
coursing to the roots.Night,you rained

Serrated shadows through dank leaves
Till,bathed in warm suffusion of your dappled calls
Sensations pained me,faceless,silent as night thieves.
Hide me now,when night children haunt the earth
i must hear none!These misted calls will yet
Undo me;naked,unbidden,at night's muted birth
('Night' by Wole Soyinka)
in the poem above,Soyinka,

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Which of the following literary forms is characterized by a lengthy narrative that often includes a complex plot, multiple characters, and explores themes of human experience, typically presented in prose?

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In Wole Soyinka's poem,'I Think It Rains' rain symbolizes

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In 'The Call of the River Nun','O'incomprehensible God!' expresses the poet's

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She said you just had to make an emotional commitment in marriage. It was like skiing, you could not see in advance what would happen but you had to let go. Maybe that was why I failed, because I didn't know what I had to let go of. For me it hadn't been like skiing, it was more like jumping off a cliff. That was the feeling I had all the time I was married, in the air, going down, waiting for the smash at the bottom.
The passage indicates that the author's experience in marriage was

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Which of the following structural elements is commonly found in African poetry and contributes to its rhythmic and oral tradition?

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Which of the following literary works is often cited as a critical examination of the impact of colonialism on African identity and culture?

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Dennis Brutus' 'A Troubadour I Traverse' is on the following

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These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.

According to Cope's Sonnet VII, poetry is basically

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The term for the moral flaw or weakness that leads to downfall of a major character in drama is

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Which of the following works is often regarded as a critical examination of the impact of colonialism on African identity and culture?