Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 476:

This is my letter to the world. That never wrote to me. The simple news Nature told. With tender majesty. Her message is committed. To hands I cannot see. For the love of her. sweet countrymen. Judge tenderly of me. To whom does 'her' in line 5 refer 10?

A. God
B. Letter
C. World
D. Nature

Question 477:

Characterization in a novel means the ____________

A. List of characters featuring in it
B. Peculiar mannerisms of the narrator
C. Mode of presenting the fictional individuals
D. A list of those that act in the novel

Question 478:

Caricature is used to ____________

A. Censure an individual by emphasizing, his weakness
B. Expose the folly in literature
C. Ridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features
D. Elicit the artistic potential of dramatist

Question 479:

The branch of knowledge that places emphasis on beauty is ____________

A. Philosophy
B. Ode to pretty
C. Philology
D. Aesthetics

Question 480:

As a literary form the short story is most closely related to ____________

A. The discourse
B. The novel
C. Storytelling
D. Poetry