Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 491:

The literary device which anticipates that an event vil! Take place is best described as ____________

A. Parody
B. Flashback
C. Foreshadowing
D. Rising action

Question 492:

The major reason for Juliet's grief is ____________

A. The death of her cousin
B. Her reluctant marriage to Romeo
C. The banishment of her lover
D. Her imminent death

Question 493:

Then suddenly her heart was shipped up. she now rode on strange waves: alone defying the wind and the rain. alone. fighting hunger and thirst in the desert. alone, struggling with strange demons in the forest, bringing. glad tidings to her people. The mood of the lady in this passage is one of ____________

A. Simple defiance
B. Defeat
C. Triumphant
D. Depression

Question 494:

An autobiographical novel is ____________

A. A novel written about another novelist
B. A true account of a novelist's life by himself
C. A novel in which the novelist draws mainly on materials from his own life
D. A novel using the pronoun

Question 495:

Plot in prose fiction is best defined as ____________

A. The cause and - effect sequence of events
B. The brief summary of events
C. The central event
D. The subject-matter of a novel