Based on George Orwell's Ninety Eighty-Four, the Ministry of Love is concerned with
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96 questionsBased on Buchi Emecheta''s The Joys of Motherhood, Adaku remains faithful to Nnaife until she
Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood,
According to the novel Nnaife becomes frustrated when
In Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Nnu Ego is blamed for the misfortunes of her
"Since I came to this country I have never seen cocoa as well dried as yours."
Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the speaker above is
Based on Ferdinand Oyono's the Old Man and the Medal, for his sacrifices to the church, Meka gets
"....Put up thy sword
Or manage it to part these men with me."
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speech above was made when
"O'deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!
Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind
Prince, taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law,
And turned that black word "death" to banishment."
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speaker in the passage above is
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's mood at the beginning of the play can be described as
The question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
"What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate
the word As I hate hell, all Montagues,
and thee Have at thee,coward!"
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the lines above reveal the speaker as a
These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....
The lines depict James as a
These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST AFRICAN vERSE.
The language of Cope's Sonnet VII is
These question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
'Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night.'
The villain in the excerpt above is
These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
From the play, the character of Aaron represents the
These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
Aaron'...All I need really is a place in an Art school, engineering can go hang itself.
The dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above is
These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....
The speaker is referring to
priest?
Will it make you serve our ancestors
better?
Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-
hearted priest
of Olokun. Did I go to college?"
Grace Osifo: Dizzy
The literary device used in the passage above is
From the poem above, "No lover is peaceful while the rival weeps" means that
The theme of the poem above is
"Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus."
J. Donne:The Sun Rising
From the lines above, the poet sees the sun as