OAU Literature-In-English 2008/2009 Past Questions

'When he was turned over, his eyeballs stared upward in amazement and horror, his mouth was locked torn wide: his trousers soaked with blood were torn open and exposed to the cold white air of morning the thick hairs of his groin, mattered together black and rust red, and the wound that seemed to be throbbing still'. 1. This passage achieves realism through the use of

Earth has not anything to show more fair. Dull would he be of soil who could pass by

'If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already. He'll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistress' dong... Shakespeare, Othello. From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is

'That that is why we must acc-e-ept the uni-versal d-d --- dome, b-b-because ththere is no d-d-d-direction. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b-bridges d-ddon't jjjust g-g-go from hhhere to thethere; a bridge also faces backwards'.

'As virtuous men pass wildly away, and higher to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, 'The breath goes now', and some say 'No'.

I am alone. And the murmur of my lips. Carry song and tears homewards. From a plain away from home. Okogbule Wonodi, 'Lament for Shola'

poet-persona here expresses a feeling of 7. One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnect is

Farce thrives on

A short witty statement is an

In a narration, the first person is

A literary device that create a mental picture of a situation is

Periphrasis in poetic diction is marked by

A deliberate imitation of a literary style with the intention to ridicule is

What happened to Tess at the end of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'uurervilles'

The wood where Alec raped Tess is known as:

The name of the place where Tess and Angel Clare meet each other the second time is:

'Taxi Driver' in Timothy Wangusa's 'A Taxi Driver on his Death' can be interpreted as a metaphor describing:

The tone in Dennis Brutus 'A Troubadour I Traverse...' can be described as:

'Naett' in Leopold Sedar Senghor's 'I will pronounce your name' refers to:

'Cloud I, early sequestered from my tribe, free a lead — tethered scribe' The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Agbor Dancer' suggests that the person is:

The name of the author of 'We must learn to fly' is:

One of the following is a characteristic of a novel:

The law protecting works of art from unlawful reproduction is called:

The play Hamlet may be described as a tragedy of: