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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is
Aboth undersirable and unattainable
Battainable and desirable
Cobnoxious but desirable
Ddesirable but unattainable
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Question 1152
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This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of
Alkaki
BEkpe
CUdje
DEtiyeri
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Question 1153
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called
Ashifting style
Bnarrator's mind style
Cpsycho-consciousness style
Dstream of consciousness
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Question 1154
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
In literary convention, 'aside' is used to
Amake a pointed remark
Bemphasize scenes as different from acts
Cdistinguish between events
Dgossip about other characters
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Question 1155
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a
Aquick resolution of conflicts
Bhilarious ending
Ccontest between the hero and the villan
Dclose rapport between players and spectators.
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Question 1156
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of
Aambiguity
Banecdotes
Cprologue
Dsuspense
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Question 1157
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
Allegory is used to describe a work in which
Ahumans are transposed into animals
Bboth animals and humans swap roles
Canimals are given human characters
Dabstract ideas are personified
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Question 1158
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and
Aterror
Bhorror
Cfrustration
Dsympathy
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Question 1159
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnet is
Aabab cdcd cdedce
Babba abba cde cde
Cabba abba cde dce
Dabab cdcd efef gg
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Question 1160
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as
Aan ode
Ba ballad
Can elegy
Da pastoral
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Question 1161
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
Farce thrives on
Abig events
Bpremonition
Cabsurdity
Dincidents
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Question 1162
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'The gloom will give way to light
And the thorny path cleared of pain
The storms will bow to the prompting of peace
Lost moments of glory will be restored
And strangled opportunities reborn
We shall yet regain the dawn
The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of
Aanxiety and worry
Banticipation of positive change
Csorrow and dejection
Dfear of change
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Question 1163
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'' To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.''
William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
Ametaphor
Bhyperbole
Csimile
Dparadox
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Question 1164
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.
This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.
The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is
Alargely confusing
Bvery difficult
Cquite appropriate
Ddrawn from hunting
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Question 1165
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'
In the lines above. Tom is warm because he
Ahas just woken from sleep
Bis doing his duty
Cis wearing warm clothes
Dis working indoors
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Question 1166
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
If God is the sole author of man's life and all that befall him on earth, does it not stand to reason that all evils that befall man are God sanctioned?
If man generally turns to God to ball him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong then to conclude that He allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him?
The literary style used in the passage above is
Adiscursive
Brhetorical
Caccusative
Dinterrogative
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Question 1167
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'I am informed the day recycles itself today
when I slept in the Lord in February
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless Good for a noble departure-His words
The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days
The lines above express
Aanniversary
Bprocreation
Cincarnation
Dresurrection
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Question 1168
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'I am informed the day recycles itself today
when I slept in the Lord in February
I blame no one for an untimely death
I bless Good for a noble departure-His words
The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days
The persona in the poem appears happy to have died
Aa noble death
Bduring the day
Cat an old age
Dan untimely death
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Question 1169
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go.
Whilst some of their sad friends do say '' The breath goes now', and some say ''No''
The tone of this poem is generally
Aappreciative
Bserious
Cimaginative
Dconversational
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Question 1170
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'Loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands out the woodland ride Wearing While for Easter tide
A.E Housman Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Tree. In the excerpt above, the subject matter is
