Literature in English Past Questions

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?

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

Fina's insistence on supporting her sister Isa, despite Cammy's protest, stems from:

 This question is based on THE STONE.

The stone in the poem is primarily a symbol of:

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

'A slight breeze murmured in the air. Grasses swayed as if in resentment. Over in the horizon, just beneath the spectrum of the ascending sun, horizontal brands of red cloud hung menacingly above the tips of the trees and morning air smelled of burnt clay.' 

The Victims by Isidore Okpewho

Effect in the above passage is achieved through the use of

This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.

Why is Bendu's abandonment of her child in the Duluma camp significant?

Cleopatra (to her attendants):

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have

Immortal longings in me: now no more

The juice of Egypt's grape shall moist this lip...

Which thematic concern is most evident in this speech?

This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.

How does the novel challenge conventional ideas of masculinity?

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

'Beautiful Kareendi, flower of my heart. No one but you can type them. For I want to send them care of the address of your heart, by the post of your heart, to be read by the eye of your heart, thereafter to be kept within your heart, sealed there forever and ever.'

The dominant device in this extract is

In the end, what core message does Redemption Road leave the reader with?

This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.

What does Lucy's awakening at the novel's end most strongly symbolise?

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

Which of the following is NOT a reason why Fina struggles in America?