Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 226:

The expression “the knights arnved at night” is known as ____________

A. Pun
B. Satire
C. Metaphor
D. Simile

Question 227:

A prologue is the ____________

A. Introductory part of a literary work
B. Scheme of a literary work
C. Last part of a literary work
D. Tnbute paid to a character

Question 228:

“Haman is an out-at the elbow looking man” is referred to as ____________

A. Metonymy
B. Idiomatic expression
C. Personification
D. Irony

Question 229:

Repetition, rhyme and rhythm are permanent features of ____________

A. Drama
B. Poetry
C. Short story
D. Prose

Question 230:

Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge,
Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; even deaf to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind

The extract conveys a mood of ____________

A. Dejection
B. Desperation
C. Resentment
D. Resignation