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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The speech made by a character to himself on stage is
  • A. epilogue
  • B. aside
  • C. soliloquy
  • D. monologue
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'

Wole Soyinka: Night.

The line above suggest that women are
  • A. covetous
  • B. dogmatic
  • C. seers
  • D. magicians
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

  • A. hyperbole
  • B. euphemism
  • C. litotes
  • D. innuendo
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


Weep not child, weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall no long be victorious
They shall no longer possess the sky....
The speaker of the lines is
  • A. optimistic
  • B. carefree
  • C. helpless
  • D. pessimistic
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'
G.Okara: The Voice.

It can be inferred from the passage above that the
  • A. listener is wise
  • B. speaker is a porter
  • C. listener is more experienced
  • D. speaker is more experienced
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