Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 81:

Questions are based on "The Search" by Chukwuemeka Ike

The theme of the novel is ___________

A. The Nigerian civil war
B. The devastating effect of ethnic religious chauvinism and national integration and stability
C. The arrogance of the Moslem Hausa/Fulani ruling class
D. Why people in Coup d'etat in religion

Question 82:

Questions are based on "The Search" by Chukwuemeka Ike

The greatest obstacle that Ola Akigba thinks stands between him and full integration with the whole northern elites is ___________

A. His ability to speak Hausa fluently
B. His being married to a minority northern woman
C. His not belonging to Moslem religion
D. His open condemnation of the Northerners

Question 83:

Fiction is one of the three classifications in Literature. The others are ___________

A. Character
B. Poetry
C. Tragedy
D. Comedy

Question 84:

Eat of poem I offer Like an apple Filched from the tree forbidden

Eat of it, swallow it sour wholesomeness

And your eyes will fast

Shed scales snakes' mouth

Awake to the evil contraction

That emasculates the mum, agonizing people

And empowers few despoiling lords.

What figure of speech is contained in the line "eat of this poem I offer"?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Euphemism
D. Irony

Question 85:

Eat of poem I offer Like an apple Filched from the tree forbidden

Eat of it, swallow it sour wholesomeness

And your eyes will fast

Shed scales snakes' mouth

Awake to the evil contraction

That emasculates the mum, agonizing people

And empowers few despoiling lords.

In the poem there is an allusion to _____________

A. The way people enjoy eating apples.
B. The enjoyment derivable from eating poems
C. The biblical apple eaten by Adam and Eve
D. The dater posed by snake