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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
If God is the sole author of man's life and all that befall him on earth, does it not stand to reason that all evils that befall man are God sanctioned?
If man generally turns to God to ball him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong then to conclude that He allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him?
The literary style used in the passage above is
  • A. discursive
  • B. rhetorical
  • C. accusative
  • D. interrogative
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'

In the lines above. Tom is warm because he
  • A. has just woken from sleep
  • B. is doing his duty
  • C. is wearing warm clothes
  • D. is working indoors
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.
This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.
The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is
  • A. largely confusing
  • B. very difficult
  • C. quite appropriate
  • D. drawn from hunting
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'' To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour.''


William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand

The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is
  • A. metaphor
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. simile
  • D. paradox
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This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'The gloom will give way to light
And the thorny path cleared of pain
The storms will bow to the prompting of peace
Lost moments of glory will be restored
And strangled opportunities reborn
We shall yet regain the dawn

The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of
  • A. anxiety and worry
  • B. anticipation of positive change
  • C. sorrow and dejection
  • D. fear of change
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