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Get up you shameless hussy', she bellowed, ' you strumpet, you fallen woman! I don't know what your father and I have done to deserve such a child the events that happened later in Mission to Kala show that the speaker in the passage is
Amilly offended by the daughter's behaviour
Btruly outraged by the daughter's behaviour
Cmerely pretending to be outraged by the daughter's behaviour
Ddeeply offended by the daughter's behaviour
Eindifferent to the daughter's behaviour
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Question 992
jamb1985
'How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over?'In this passage, lofty scene refers to
Aa great event
Bthe meeting of the conspirators
Cthe funeral of Caesar
Da scene acted on a raised platform
Ethe assassination of Caesar.
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Question 993
jamb1985
As a literary from the short story is most closely related to
Apoetry
Bthe discourse
Ctragedy
Dthe novel
Edrama.
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Question 994
jamb1985
Brenda suddenly stiffened in her chair and half turned her ear to the window, silent like an animal waiting to spring, an alertness that transformed her face to temporary ugliness. Arthur noticed it,
'He's coming', she said 'i heard the gate open.'
In this short passage, the writer succeeds in creating
Aanti-climax
Bpity
Ccomic relief
Dsuspense
Echaracters.
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Question 995
jamb1985
In poetry, the elegiac mood typically attends the occasion or experience of
Atriumph and fulfilment
Bbirth and growth
Cdeath and decay
Djoy and ecstacy
Eillumination and discovery.
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Question 996
jamb1985
'The pen is mightier than the sword' is an example of
Ametonymy
Bantonomasia
Ccomparison
Dsynecdoche
Eparadox.
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Question 997
jamb1985
A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as
Aexclamation
Blitotes
Cmetonymy
Dhyperbole
Eantonym.
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Question 998
jamb1985
At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.
The setting is best described as
Abracing
Bdismal
Cexhilarating
Ddelightful
Epleasant.
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Question 999
jamb1985
A trade, Sir, that, i hope, i may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, Sir, a mender of bad soles.
The passage is referring to a
Areligious preacher who saves sinful souls
Bphysician who cures diseases of the sole
Cworkman who repears shoes
Dtrader who prevents bad sales
Etrader who cheats customers during sales.
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Question 1000
jamb1985
'There kneels a jigger, a louse, a weevil, a flea, a bedbug! He is mistletoe, a parasite that lives on the trees of other people's lives!'
The speaker uses a string of
Ahyperbole
Bparables
Cmetaphors
Driddles
Eunderstatements.
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Question 1001
jamb1985
'When we got off the bus he helped me to cross the road, holding me by the elbow. Submissively, I allowed my self to be led. Out on the square there was an African sun, and in my heart too, shading a flood of light'.
The narrator here is full of
Agloom
Bfears
Cdoubts
Dcheer
Euncertainty.
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Question 1002
jamb1985
''Mother, didn''t you hear me? I''ve bought the goat, hen and yams. don''t you want them anymore? Why do you continue to look at me like that?
I haven''t done anything wrong again, have i?
Answer me, speak to me, mother!''
The dominant mood in this passage is one of
Asadness
Banger
Canxiety
Dnonchalance
Ejoy.
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Question 1003
jamb1985
'I too crossed the rivers, and the virgin ambushes of the forests,
Where Lianas hung down, more treacherous than serpents'.
In the eyes of the writer of these lines, the word 'Forests' stands for
Afriendliness
Binsecurity
Cinnocence
Dfertility
Esafety.
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Question 1004
jamb1985
The central organizing idea which unites character, action, language and style in a work of fiction is known as
Atheory
Bplot
Ctheme
Dcharacterization
Efable.
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Question 1005
jamb1985
In a play denouement is the
Aentry of the central character
Bdevelopment of the central conflict
Cintroduction of the minor conflict along side the major conflict
Dclimatic point in the development of the plot
Ethe resolution of the conflicts in the plot.
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Question 1006
jamb1985
'All day long, all along the line
Through tiny station, each exactly like the last chattering little black girls uncaged from school all day long,...'
For the girls mentioned here, the hours spent at school means
Acreativity
Bamusement
Crelaxation
Drestriction
Efreedom.
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Question 1007
jamb1985
Assonance in poetry is the repetition of
Ainternal vowels in words
Bstressed syllables in words
Cconsonant sounds in words
Dfinal sounds at the end of a line
Efinal sounds at the begining of a line.
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Question 1008
jamb1985
Which of the following is a correct definition of the balled?
AA climatic episode
BAn impersonal dramatic piece
CAn allusive dialogue
DA love story told by balled singer
EA poem that tells a folk story
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Question 1009
jamb1985
In a work of Literature, the hero is one
Awhose name is mentioned the greatest number of times in the text
Bwho is antagonistic to every one else
Cwhose experience provide the central conflict in the work
Dwho dies in the course of the story
Ewho performs brave and heroic deeds.
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Question 1010
jamb1985
A play is a Tragedy when
Athe autor presents life as a hopeless adventure
Bthe main chracter dies before the play ends
Cthere is much blood shed in the play
Dthe main character is a wicked person
Ea weakness in the main character leads to his downfall.
