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The Concubine
'Ihuoma,my child' Wigwe began at last,'really i ought to have come here with more people,but i have avoided formalities because i want to spare myself any embarrassment.Formalities will come later if all goes well'.
Wigwe has come to Ihuoma in order to

  • A. marry her clandestinely
  • B. gain her consent before coming with relations
  • C. persuade her to marry his own son
  • D. dissuade her from marrying his own son
  • E. inquire about her health
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In 'The Executioner's Dream',the first line 'I dream I saw an eye,a pretty eye' is
  • A. ironical
  • B. complimentary
  • C. exclamatory
  • D. rhetorical
  • E. interrogatory
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In Birago Diop's 'Vanity',these two lines 'Sad complaining voices of beggars
Who indeed will hear them without laughter?'contain
  • A. an exaggeration
  • B. a hyperbole
  • C. a paradox
  • D. an understatement
  • E. an illogicallity
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84
In 'Telephone Conversation', the tone of the question 'You mean-like plain or milk chocolate? is
  • A. sarcastic
  • B. complimentary
  • C. admissive
  • D. pleading
  • E. commanding
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In 'Night',Soyinka describes night as
  • A. horrifying
  • B. terrifying
  • C. protective
  • D. soothing
  • E. both protective and terrifying
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