Post Utme University of Nigeria Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was first published in ____________

A. 1948
B. 1952
C. 1958
D. 1960
E. 1962

Question 7:

In Julius Caesar, one occasion when the misunderstanding of the ordinary people of Rome caused a big problem was ____________

A. At the Capitol when Caesar was given a crown
B. At the Capitol when Brutus and Mark Anthony addressed the Romans
C. At the battlefield when Brutus attached the army of Octavius
D. On the streets of Rome when Cinna the poet was killed

Question 8:

In poetry, the elegiac mood typically attends the occasion or experience of ____________

A. Triumph and fulfilment
B. Birth and growth
C. Joy and ecstasy
D. Illumination and discovery

Question 9:

A group of three Iyric stanzas in classical Greek poetry is referred to as ____________

A. Triplet
B. Triolet
C. Trilogy
D. Triad

Question 10:

This question is based on general Literacy Appreciation

The setting in pastoral poetry is usually ____________

A. Oceanic
B. Urban
C. Ecumenical
D. Idyllic