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This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'
Jose Saramago: All the Names
What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?
  • A. she runs away
  • B. she is awake
  • C. she falls asleep
  • D. she is dead
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'I am alone
And the murmur of my lips
Carry song and tears homewards
From a plain away from home

Okogbule Wonodi: Lament for Shola
The poet-persona here expresses a feeling of
  • A. elation
  • B. anger
  • C. nostaglgia
  • D. sorrow
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation
Be him English
Be him African
Be him Nigerian

The lines above are an example of
  • A. epitaph
  • B. anaphora
  • C. tautology
  • D. epigram
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
A dramatic composition or musical play in which many or all the words are sung is called
  • A. an oratorio
  • B. a motet
  • C. an opera
  • D. a concert
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
The poetic device that forcefully brings together two seemingly unrelated ideas or concepts is
  • A. conceit
  • B. contrast
  • C. couplet
  • D. diatribe
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