LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME (PRO) PAST QUESTION BANK PRO 0% 2 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME (PRO) LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME (PRO)Practice the literature In English Post UTME for Universities, Polytechnicsand College of Education with our CBT software and pass your Lit -in- English examination.PAST QUESTION BANK PRO (PQBP)(1) No Ads Display on Our Past Question Bank Pro (PQBP)(2) Get 2x or 3x more questions and answers(3) See all answers at the end of each question or/and examination(4) More questions and answers are added constantly(5) Use one membership level to access over 10,000+ past questions on Past Question Bank Pro 1 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One of the following is not a function of literature Exposing Inciting Correcting Entertaining 2 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME When literature recreates real events, it is said to be ................... factual didactic allegorical fictitious 3 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME As a medium for exposing and correcting ills in the society literature is ............. allegorical satirical abusive political 4 / 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 . faith vanity hope love 5 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The perspective from which the story in a novel is narrated is referred to as focus technique angle point of view 6 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME “The Fence” is presented in the form of a/an admonition accusation lamentation protest 7 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A predominant theme in Lord of the Flies is . necessity for social order the uselessness of adult the innateness of evil religious fanaticism 8 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME In The Importance of Been Earnest Jack Worthing’s real surname is . Earnest Fairface Algernon Moncrief 9 / 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 . understands her feelings dislikes her behavior approves of her carriage underrates her memory 10 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME When literature teaches moral lessons, it is said to be ..................... informative dynamic didactic instructive 11 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _______ misplaced Jack Worthing in a leader handbag. Mrs. Prism Lady Bracknell Gwendolen Cecily 12 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One of these characters in The Importance of Being Earnest is a clergy Algemon Cardew Chasuble Bracknell 13 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Who is the author of Lord of the Flies? Williams Shakespeare Earnest Hemmingway Williams Golding Lord Baron 14 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME In “The Fence”, the expression, “my head goes round and” portrays . scorn disappointment anger confusion 15 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The time of the events in a literary text is referred to as .............. setting. special temporary spatial temporal 16 / 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 . first person stream of consciousness omniscient third person 17 / 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 . metonymy irony metaphor synecdoche 18 / 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 parallelism error 19 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is a moment of relief in a tragic play brought about through a comic scene. Tragic relief Comic relief Comedy Suspense 20 / 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 21 / 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 poverty ultimately they result in intolerance and public disorder they lead one to greater sin than gain they lead to extravagance and intoxication 22 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is a device used to bring past event into focus to clarify present events in literature. Flashbacka Exposition Prologue Foreshadowing 23 / 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 . paradox metaphor oxymoron simile 24 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The style of presentation of “The Fence” is . third person narration persona stream of consciousness flashback 25 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The writer of a play text is referred to as . playwriter playright playwrite playwright 26 / 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 . abab abba aabb aaba 27 / 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 explanatory descriptive conversational declarative 28 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One of the following is not a figure of speech. mime antitheses Oxymoron Climax 29 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The expression “boulevards of misery” in “Myopia” exemplifies the use of . irony metaphor personification assonance 30 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME “Wisdom cries out in the open places” is an example of . personification oxymoron metaphor ellipsis 31 / 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 accuses leaders of insensitiveness recounts real event 32 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is the playwright of The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wide Oscar Wilde Oscar Wild Oscar Wade 33 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A predominant figure of speech in “The Fence” is . oxymoron irony personification metaphor 34 / 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 . alternate couplet internal medial 35 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The expression “emaciated bones” in “Myopia” is an example of . poetic license ellipsis innuendo transferred epithet 36 / 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 37 / 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 . animals potential writers reliable clients students 38 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The major divisions of a novel is called . chapter stanza scene act 39 / 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? Caliban Prospero Antonio Alonso 40 / 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 . Andrian Caliban Miranda Ariel 41 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The last six lines of a patrachan sonnet is called . septet quatrain Octave Sextet 42 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME A quatrain contains ________ lines. six five three four 43 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME _________ is the playwright of Women of Owu. Femi Osofisan Kobina Sekyi Willam Golding Wole Soyinka 44 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME The title of the poem “Myopia” connotes . wickedness lack of focus eye defect poverty 45 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME ................ is an indirect reference to an event, speech or action in the past exaggeration Innuendo Pun Allusion 46 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Who is the protagonist of Kobina “ekyi’s The Blinkards? Banister Onyimdzi Mrs. Brofuseun Mr. Tisba Dr. Ohweyie 47 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME One major theme in Women of Owu is . political bigotry the folly of war tolerance hatred 48 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Which song is meant to lull a baby to sleep? Lullaby Dirge Ode Ballad 49 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME In Arms and the Man Major Saranoff eventually marries Louka Raina Catherine Nicola 50 / 50 Category: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH POST UTME Lenrie Peter’s “The Fence” has the refrain . there I lie we are necessary we want change O elephant Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback