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The hunter dies
and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies
and leaves his poverty to his anvil...

The extract above is an example of

  • A. epic
  • B. eulogy
  • C. ballad
  • D. elegy
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3792

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

A play that mainly aims at provoking excessive laughter is called.

 

  • A.  Comedy
  • B. Farce
  • C. Satire
  • D. A Tragic-comedy
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3793

'Yet in their finger upon
Our navel
The midwives of the spirit say
They feel a foetal throb.'

The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs' In the Navel of the Soul is

  • A. epigram
  • B. rhythm
  • C. allegory
  • D. enjambment
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And your laughter like a flame
piercing the shadows
Has revealed Africa to me beyond
the snow of yesterday.

From the poem above, shadow means

  • A. bleak future
  • B. period of suffering
  • C. abstract ideas
  • D. famine
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3795

Caliph: ....... son, Open all your ears.
May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands
.... Now the rest is my burden.
I am willing to accept Allah's
will in the matter.

The language of the speaker above is

  • A. inciting
  • B. diplomatic
  • C. imploring
  • D. submissive
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