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As non-fiction, V.S Naipaul's The Middle Passage belongs more properly to the genre of
Aautobiography
Bsermon
Ctravelogue
Depistle
Ebiography.
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Question 1072
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The dominant images in the above passage are
Acosmic
Bmetallic
Charsh
Dsensuous
Edomestic.
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Question 1073
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The above passage derives its theme from
Athe repetition of nature images
Bcontrastive use of images
Cthe consistency of its rhyme scheme
Dthe use of the same figures of speech
Ethe uses of apostrophyes.
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Question 1074
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The most important figure of speech in the above passage is
Aparadox
Bpersonification
Cmetaphor
Dsimile
Eonomatopoeia.
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Question 1075
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Kaunda's reminiscences of his boyhood in Lubwa were
Acompletely happy
Ba mixture in Lubwa and hatred of his playmates
Cdominated by entirely painful incidents
Da mixture od sad and happy expiriences
Ea combination of regret and hatred of the teachers
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Question 1076
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''London''
I wander thro'' each charter''d street
Near where the charter''d Thames does flow,
And mark in every face i meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe
In every cry of every Man
In every infant''s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles i hear.
How the chimney-sweeper''s cry
Every black''ning Church appalls;
And the hapless Soldier''s sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls.
But most thro'' midnight streets i hear
How the youthful Harlot''s curse
Blasts the new born infant''s tear,
And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.
The stanza form in ''London'' is referred to as
Aa quartet
Ba quatrain
Ca quadruple
Dquintet
Esestet.
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Question 1077
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'Local colour'in a novel or play is feature which
Adefines the nature of the vegetation of the setting
Bexplains the difference in patterns of behaviours of our characters
Crefers to the racial backgrounds of the major characters in the novels or play
Demphazises the customs, norms, values and setting of the novel or play
Ehighlights thye ethnic origins of the various characters in the novel or play.
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Question 1078
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In Mine Boy, the dominant shebeen queen who is described as 'tall and big, with the smooth yellowness of the Basuto women...'is
AMa Plank
BLeah
CEliza
DLena
EMaisy.
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Question 1079
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In Zambia Shall Be Free Kaunda's 'wandering day's resulted from his
Adesire to visit other territories
Bneed to assert himself by being on his own
Cdisagreement with the members of his family
Dneed to join other political parties
Edisagreement eith his employers
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Question 1080
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The poet suggests that science
Ateaches us everything about life
Bdeals with the causes of natural phenomena
Cdoes not deal with the causes of natural phenomena
Dteaches us how to contemplate
Edoes not teaches us how to contemplate
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Question 1081
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The dominant rhetorical device used in the poem is
Aapostrophe
Bpersonification
Cmetonymy
Dsynecdoche
Esimile.
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Question 1082
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'And now the bells are chiming
A year is born
'And my heart bell is ringing
in a dawn'
The writer of these words is in a state of
Aexuberance
Bdejection
Cdespair
Djoyful hope
Edismal sorrow.
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Question 1083
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He would like some good Fufu, but without a lot of meat, street Fufu is miserable food, and with meat the cost will crucify a man completely.
The man in this passage is obviously
Aa rich man
Ba poor man
Can ignorant man
Da rich ignorant man
Ea poor unthinking man
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Question 1084
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'But it has been from the first her great mistake to meet him, marry him, to love him as she so bitterly had. Looking at his face, it sometimes came to her that all women had been cursed from the cradle: all, in one fashion or another, being given the same cruel destiny, born to suffer the weight of men'.
The sentiment expressed here about the curse on women is
Athat of the writer of the passage
Bthat of the lady in the passage
Cthat of the lady's parent
Dthat of everybody everywhere
Ethat of unnamed person.
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Question 1085
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'Cheers!' said koomson. he looked ready to add something as he raised his glass, but the high voice of his wife cut the air to pieces.
'This local beer,'she was saying, 'does agree with my constitution.'
'And what sort of constitution is it that you have?'asked the man from his isolated place.
What the writer feels for or toward the woman in his passage is
Alove
Bsympathetic understanding
Ccontempt
Drespect
Edifference.
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Question 1086
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'Was it so hard, Achilles,
So very hard to die?
Thou knowest and i know not-
So much the happier am i'
This verse is taken from a poem written by a soldier at the battle-front. He clearly sees dying in battle as
Aglorious
Bpatriotic
Cbrave and desirable
Da good experience
Ehe may be brave but undesirable.
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Question 1087
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'He glanced at his bitten nails, and with his chin resting on his knees, said, 'well, i ask them to let me go below to visit my pa in the cell. they feel sorry for me, and say its okay. So i go down to see him, this man what made my ma's life a misery like hell, and who never had a word for me, and did nothing but give me the belt'.
From what he says, the kid in this passage
Aloves his father
Bdislikes his father
Cdisowns his father
Dfeels sorry for his father
Eis proud of his father.
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Question 1088
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'But now as he climbed the steep path leading to his home, his courage started to lag behind. His conscience lagged behind. His weak body and hungry stomach pushed him expectantly up the path towards home, where rest and satisfaction awaited him...'
The literary device predominantly used in this passage is
Ahendiadys
Bonomatopoeia
Cmetonymy
Dsimile
Epersonification.
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Question 1089
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So fair fancy few would weave
In these years!
The poetic device consciously used here is
Apersonification
Bapostrophe
Calliteration
Doxymoron
Esimile.
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Question 1090
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'Dead leaves blew into the room.
And alighted upon my bed.
Ans a tree declared to the gloom
Its sorrow that they were shed'
The mood registered in these lines is
