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A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called ___

  • A. elegy
  • B. ode
  • C. lyrics
  • D. pastoral
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This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello

“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ”

In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are

  • A. lascivious
  • B. petty
  • C. pretentious
  • D. thieves
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How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem "the proud king" has?
  • A. 119 stanzas and 849 lines
  • B. 109 stanzas and 849 lines
  • C. 119 stanzas and 850 lines
  • D. 109 stanzas and 850 lines
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This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.


One of the thematic preoccupations of Awonoor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

  • A. clash of cultures
  • B. revival of colonalism
  • C. the changing face of colonial masters
  • D. the good attributes of colonalism
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This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

The cap-picking ceremony is to

  • A. break the strong will of Yaremi
  • B. make Yaremi remarry
  • C. establish that she is wicked
  • D. prove that Ajumobi is not the best
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