Post Utme Obafemi Awolowo University Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

In a tragedy. the moment when the protagonist suffers a reversal of fortune is known as ____________

A. Catharsis
B. Exposition
C. Anagnonsis
D. Peripefera

Question 17:

I live line poem that treats a nonsensical subject with 2 homour is a ____________

A. Quartet
B. Limerick
C. Panegyric
D. Sestet

Question 18:

Which of the following statements is mol true about poetry

A. The meanings of words are more important than their sounds
B. The sounds of words are more import and than their meanings
C. The sounds of words are often more important than their meanings
D. Sounds and meanings of words are of little consequence

Question 19:

The expression "coin of gold" in Naell, coin of gold is ____________

A. Personification
B. Epithel
C. Metonymy
D. Metaphor

Question 20:

What figure of speech is "shining coal"?

A. Paradox
B. Irony
C. Oxymoron
D. Paronomasia