Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 391:

Questions are based on General literary principles.

The type of sonnet that has an octave and a sestet has its origin in ____________

A. England
B. Spain
C. Portugal
D. Italy

Question 392:

Questions are based on Literary Appreciation

"We own this land
And the swamps
The palms
And the mangroves:
We 11 die defending them"
Tony Afejuku "Land Song"
The tone of the excerpt above is ____________

A. Jubilant
B. Condemnatory
C. Adulatory
D. Defiant

Question 393:

Questions are based on Literary Appreciation

"Her voice is a shell borne by the waves to crack the egg my soul sorely craves"
Segun Adekova "Love Blues"
The figurative devices in the excerpt above are ____________

A. Rhyme and metaphor
B. Alliteration and assonance
C. Repetition and simile
D. Rhyme and onomatopoeia

Question 394:

A novel that has a very strong presence of the supernatural is known as a ____________

A. Faction
B. Gothic
C. Travel tale
D. Fairy novel

Question 395:

In a tragic-comedy, the unknowing of the plot. the resolution of the mystery and the resolution of the misunderstanding is called ____________

A. Exposition
B. Denouncement
C. Catharsis
D. Hubris