LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS Leave a Comment / Android Question Bank (POST UTME) / By Acadlly / Literature in English, Literature in English POST JAMB, Literature In English POST UTME LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 0% LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME (APP) LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTMEPractice with our Post UTME CBT for Universities, Polytechnics, College of Agriculture, College ofMedicine, College of Technology and College of Education and pass your examination. 1 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the poem below to answer question belowLife is rise and fallA tale of comings and goings Of travails and doingsBut death ends allThe type of rhyme in lines 2 and 3 is . couplet medial alternate internal 2 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The expression “boulevards of misery” in “Myopia” exemplifies the use of . personification metaphor assonance irony 3 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A predominant figure of speech in “The Fence” is . personification metaphor irony oxymoron 4 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME As a medium for exposing and correcting ills in the society literature is ............. allegorical political satirical abusive 5 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the following passage to answer question belowWe have led the ‘mules’ to the green pastures near the brook with a view to guiding them to feeduntil they develop the appetite for sipping from the foundation of the literary world. Really, wecannot and we do not need to force the mules to drink. All that needs to be done is to providethe necessary atmosphere and encouragement that will sensitize “the mules” towards aspontaneous wish to write. This, I believe, has been addressed in this brief lecture. The underlined expression is an example of . metaphor paradox oxymoron simile 6 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the following passage to answer question belowWe have led the ‘mules’ to the green pastures near the brook with a view to guiding them to feeduntil they develop the appetite for sipping from the foundation of the literary world. Really, wecannot and we do not need to force the mules to drink. All that needs to be done is to providethe necessary atmosphere and encouragement that will sensitize “the mules” towards aspontaneous wish to write. This, I believe, has been addressed in this brief lecture.The point of view used in this passage is . third person first person stream of consciousness omniscient 7 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A misuse of a word in place of another one due to similarity in their sounds is known as . malapropism mistake error parallelism 8 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME What distinguishes drama from other literary genres is that it is meant to be . recited acted read viewed 9 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The major divisions of a novel is called . act chapter scene stanza 10 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One of the following is not a figure of speech. Oxymoron mime Climax antitheses 11 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One major theme in Women of Owu is . hatred the folly of war political bigotry tolerance 12 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME “The boy showed his love to his father by killing the man” is an example of . paradox irony allusion metaphor 13 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME In Arms and the Man Major Saranoff eventually marries Catherine Nicola Louka Raina 14 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the following passage to answer question belowWe have led the ‘mules’ to the green pastures near the brook with a view to guiding them to feeduntil they develop the appetite for sipping from the foundation of the literary world. Really, wecannot and we do not need to force the mules to drink. All that needs to be done is to providethe necessary atmosphere and encouragement that will sensitize “the mules” towards aspontaneous wish to write. This, I believe, has been addressed in this brief lecture.The ‘mules’ in this passage are . potential writers animals reliable clients students 15 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The writer of a play text is referred to as . playright playwriter playwright playwrite 16 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A predominant theme in Lord of the Flies is . the innateness of evil necessity for social order religious fanaticism the uselessness of adult 17 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The last six lines of a patrachan sonnet is called . Sextet quatrain septet Octave 18 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the poem below to answer question belowLife is rise and fallA tale of comings and goings Of travails and doingsBut death ends allThe central theme of the poem is . hope faith love vanity 19 / 50 Category: IRK POST UTME The reason Q. 2: 219 forbids wine ad gambling is because they make a Muslim to abandon religion they lead to extravagance and intoxication they lead one to greater sin than gain they result in intolerance and public disorder they lead to poverty ultimately 20 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is a device used to bring past event into focus to clarify present events in literature. Flashbacka Foreshadowing Exposition Prologue 21 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME In The Importance of Been Earnest Jack Worthing’s real surname is . Moncrief Fairface Algernon Earnest 22 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Which song is meant to lull a baby to sleep? Lullaby Ballad Ode Dirge 23 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the extract below to answer question belowWilliam Shakespeare: The TempestSpeaker A: The hour’s now comeThe very minute bids thee ope thine ear Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell?I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not Out three years oldSpeaker B: Certainly, Sir, I can!Speaker B is . Ariel Andrian Caliban Miranda 24 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The perspective from which the story in a novel is narrated is referred to as point of view focus technique angle 25 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME In “The Fence”, the expression, “my head goes round and” portrays . confusion disappointment scorn anger 26 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the extract below to answer question belowWilliam Shakespeare: The TempestSpeaker A: The hour’s now comeThe very minute bids thee ope thine ear Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell?I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not Out three years oldSpeaker B: Certainly, Sir, I can!“This cell”, in the extract illustrates the use of . metaphor synecdoche metonymy irony 27 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The style of presentation of “The Fence” is . persona flashback third person narration stream of consciousness 28 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The expression “emaciated bones” in “Myopia” is an example of . transferred epithet innuendo ellipsis poetic license 29 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Literature is referred to as a slice of life when it entertains its audience reveals reality in society recounts real event accuses leaders of insensitiveness 30 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the extract below to answer question belowWilliam Shakespeare: The TempestSpeaker A: The hour’s now comeThe very minute bids thee ope thine ear Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell?I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not Out three years oldSpeaker B: Certainly, Sir, I can!Who is speaker A? Alonso Caliban Prospero Antonio 31 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is the playwright of The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wide Oscar Wilde Oscar Wild Oscar Wade 32 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME When literature recreates real events, it is said to be ................... allegorical factual didactic fictitious 33 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Who is the author of Lord of the Flies? Williams Golding Earnest Hemmingway Lord Baron Williams Shakespeare 34 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is a moment of relief in a tragic play brought about through a comic scene. Tragic relief Suspense Comedy Comic relief 35 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _______ misplaced Jack Worthing in a leader handbag. Gwendolen Lady Bracknell Cecily Mrs. Prism 36 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME “The Fence” is presented in the form of a/an lamentation admonition accusation protest 37 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One of the following is not a function of literature Entertaining Inciting Exposing Correcting 38 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Lenrie Peter’s “The Fence” has the refrain . O elephant there I lie we want change we are necessary 39 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The title of the poem “Myopia” connotes . lack of focus poverty wickedness eye defect 40 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Who is the protagonist of Kobina “ekyi’s The Blinkards? Banister Onyimdzi Mr. Tisba Mrs. Brofuseun Dr. Ohweyie 41 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the poem below to answer question belowLife is rise and fallA tale of comings and goings Of travails and doingsBut death ends allThe rhyme scheme of the poem is . aabb aaba abab abba 42 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME When literature teaches moral lessons, it is said to be ..................... informative instructive dynamic didactic 43 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is the playwright of Women of Owu. Willam Golding Kobina Sekyi Femi Osofisan Wole Soyinka 44 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A quatrain contains ________ lines. six four five three 45 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the following passage to answer question belowWe have led the ‘mules’ to the green pastures near the brook with a view to guiding them to feed until they develop the appetite for sipping from the foundation of the literary world. Really, we cannot and we do not need to force the mules to drink. All that needs to be done is to provide the necessary atmosphere and encouragement that will sensitize “the mules” towards a spontaneous wish to write. This, I believe, has been addressed in this brief lecture.The passage is ________ in nature descriptive conversational declarative explanatory 46 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME ................ is an indirect reference to an event, speech or action in the past Allusion exaggeration Innuendo Pun 47 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One of these characters in The Importance of Being Earnest is a clergy Cardew Chasuble Algemon Bracknell 48 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME “Wisdom cries out in the open places” is an example of . ellipsis personification oxymoron metaphor 49 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The time of the events in a literary text is referred to as .............. setting. temporal temporary special spatial 50 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Use the extract below to answer question belowWilliam Shakespeare: The TempestSpeaker A: The hour’s now comeThe very minute bids thee ope thine ear Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell?I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not Out three years oldSpeaker B: Certainly, Sir, I can!The response of speaker B shows that speaker A . underrates her memory understands her feelings dislikes her behavior approves of her carriage Your score is 0% Restart quiz