Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 401:

I thank you God for creating me black
For the making of me
Porter of all sorrows
Setting on my head
The world.

The world as used above is an example of ____________

A. Irony
B. Metaphor
C. Exaggeration
D. Parody

Question 402:

if you go tell them.
Tell Nyidevu. Kpeti and Kove That they have done us evil.
And the trees in the fence Have been eaten by Termites

This extract is an example of ____________

A. Dirge
B. Satire
C. Ode
D. Sonnet

Question 403:

if you go tell them.
Tell Nyidevu. Kpeti and Kove That they have done us evil.
And the trees on the fence Have been eaten by termites

The general idea in the exiract is ____________

A. Neglect
B. Praise
C. Ridicule
D. Worship

Question 404:

Blessed Nigerioms
II ho eat pestilence to sleep
Blessed the poor
II ho inherit these

The central motive in this excerpt is ____________

A. Religious
B. Pride
C. Poverty
D. Deceit

Question 405:

Blessed Nigerians.
II ho eat pestilence to sleep.
Blessed the poor.
II ho inherit thoms.

The extract is an example of ____________

A. Pun
B. Hyperbole
C. Irony
D. Parody