Literature in English Past Questions

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation

'SINCE I am coming to that Holy roome,

Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore

I shall be made thy Musique; As I come

I tune the Instrument here at the dore,

And what I must doe then, thinke here before.'

John Donne, 'Hymn to God my God'

In the stanza above, the poet recognizes that

This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Which character says: "The nature of bad news infects the teller."

This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.

How does the novel critique the role of international aid in post-conflict settings?

This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.

The abandonment of Musudugu by many women before Kumba Kargbo's birth reflects:

This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Cleopatra:

O, wither'd is the garland of the war,

The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and girls

Are level now with men; the odds is gone,

And there is nothing left remarkable

Beneath the visiting moon.

What is Cleopatra lamenting in this passage?

This question is based on ONCE UPON A TIME.

The line "like a fixed portrait smile" suggests that the speaker's smile is—

This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.

Which action by Amadu is viewed as a cultural sacrilege?

This question is based on THE TELEPHONE CALL.

What does the phrase "We don't deal in money. Experiences are what we deal in" represent?

This question is based on THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE.

What is the fox's primary strategy in catching Chanticleer?

This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.

What style of performance influences the structure of the play?

This question is based on THE BREASTS OF THE SEA.

"Fractured chela" refers to:

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called:

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called:

This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Enobarbus:

I am alone the villain of the earth, And feel I am so most.

O Antony, Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid

My better service, when my turpitude Thou dost so crown with gold!

What emotion primarily drives Enobarbus in this speech?

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation Comic relief is

This question is based on NEW TONGUE.

What does the poem suggest about memory and the past?

This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.

Which best reflects Lucas's leadership style within his family?

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

Ocol rejects the old type.

He is in love with a modern woman

He is in love with a beautiful girl

Who speaks English.'

Okot p'Bitek, 'Song of Lawino'

The writer of the lines above

This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.

Where is the play primarily set?