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Englishlit Past Questions
Which of the following is central to narrative friction?
- A. Verisimilitude
- B. Dialogue
- C. Objectivity
- D. Subjectivity
- E. Subjectivity
Ariel has ‘come’ because
- A. he has been invited by Prospero
- B. he wants to make a request
- C. he desires a meeting
- D. flying is no problem to him
- E. flying is no problem to him
Kofi Awoonors. The Anvil and the Hammer. The dominant imagery used in the poem is
- A. Dress-making
- B. New life
- C. Tradition and modernity
- D. Flags
- E. Flags
"That that is why we must acc-c-cept the universal d-d-dome, b-b-because there is no d-d-d-direction, The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b- bridges d-don't just g-g-go from here to the there; a bridge also face backwards". Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters. The idiolectical feature of the character's speech is the
- A. repetition of consonant sounds
- B. repetition of initial consonant sounds
- C. duplication of consonant sound clusters
- D. multiplication of diphthongs.
- E. multiplication of diphthongs.
The traditional order in the play is represented by
- A. Mrs. B
- B. Hannah
- C. Maanan
- D. Aunt
- E. Aunt
Farce can be described as a dramatic piece marked by
- A. movement from serious to the light-hearted mood
- B. comic and exaggerated actions
- C. actions devoid of meaning
- D. gloomy actions with momentary reliefs.
- E. gloomy actions with momentary reliefs.
Constance Neville, an orphan is the niece and ward of
- A. Mr. Hastings
- B. Mr. Hardcastle
- C. Mrs. Hardcastle
- D.
- E.
He already had five wives and was soon going to break the legs of the antelope for the sixth time’. The expression ‘break the legs of the antelope’ means to:
- A. be ON honeymoon
- B. offer ritual sacrifice
- C. hunt for antelopes
- D. have a new baby.
- E. have a new baby.
Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird" is referred to as an allegory because
- A. It teaches moral
- B. It is a fable
- C. It is metaphorical
- D. It is a short poem
- E. It is a short poem
‘Now look what we have: a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers! The device used by Aaron in the excerpt above is
- A. suspense
- B. rhetorical question
- C. oxymoron
- D. allegory
- E. allegory