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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A playwright who solves the dilemma of his characters by rescuing them from impossible circumstances using extra human device has employed
Adeus ex machina
Bdramatis personae
Ccontrived manipulation
Ddramatic reversals
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Question 1452
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called
Aa prologue
Ba soliloquy
Can aside
Da diatribe
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Question 1453
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a protagonist is purged of the dominant emotions of pity and fear at the end of a tragedy, it is called
Acatharsis
Bdementia
Cpurgation
Dredemption
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Question 1454
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Sound effects in the theater are realizable through the use of
Aprops
Bacoustics
Cproscenium
Dechoes
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Question 1455
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'There was something very disturbing about his features today, there was something which suggested an untidiness of a sort rather like a cotton dress washed in salty water and worn until it reeks of human sweet. There was something very vulnerable about his looks, something quite restless.
Nuruddin Farah, 'Sweet and Sour Milk'
The passage above illustrates the use of
Aclimax
Bdeus ex machina
Ctrance
Dsuspense
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Question 1456
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
I have received your letter. By way of a reply, I am beginning this diary, my prop is my distress. Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain.
Mariama Ba, 'So Long a Letter'
By employing the first person narrator, the author of the passage above achieves
Asympathy
Bconfidentiality
Cauthenticity
Dirony
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Question 1457
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A story which explains the origin of a natural phenomenon is a
Afiction
Blegend
Cparable
Dmyth
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Question 1458
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term assonance refers of
Arepetition of alphabets in lines of a poem
Bagreement of vowel sounds in a line
Crepetition of vowels in a line
Dagreement of consonants in a line
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Question 1459
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Hyperbole refers specifically to
Aexaggeration for adornment
Bexaggeration for emphasis
Cunderstatement of ideas
Drestatement of ideas
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Question 1460
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'When to the Sessions of sweet silent thought,
I summon up remembrance of things past,...
Shakespeare, 'Sonnet XXX'
The lines above contain the predominant use of
Aa motif
Birony
Csarcasm
Dalliteration
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Question 1461
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'From Debbie's room comes the sound of the typewriter. It is an old mechanical typewriter, its noises are metallic and clicking. It chitters onto the end of a line musical, or almost musical 'cling' of the little bell.'
A.S Byatt, 'Artwork'
A striking figure of speech used in the passage above is
Aonomatopoeia
Bzeugma
Cassonance
Dparadox
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Question 1462
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique found in drama in which the audience knows what the actor does not know is called
Astage direction
Bdramatic irony
Csetting
Dimprovisation
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Question 1463
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Point of view is a technique that is commonly associated with
Athe narrative structure
Bcharacterization
Cplot
Datmosphere
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Question 1464
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
What is an epic?
AA story that exalts a historical character
BAn epoch-making event
CA descriptive poem celebrating the achievements of a character
DA narrative prose describing a character
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Question 1465
jamb1997
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Which of the following are literary genres?
APoetry, farce and faction
BFiction, poetry and drama
CDrama, faction and biography
DPoetry , orthography and fiction.
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Question 1466
jamb1997
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Which of the following events marks the climax of the novel ?
ASusan Henchard's sale
BThe return of susan Henchard
CThe skimmity-ride
DThe disclosure of Elizabeth-Jane's identity
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Question 1467
jamb1997
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
A major irony in the Henchard-Farfrae relationship is that
AFarfrae's arrival spells Henchard's doom
Bthey employ each other
Cthey disagree over Abel Whittle
Dthe friendship ends too soon
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Question 1468
jamb1997
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
'Come, 'said Donald quietly, 'a man o'your position should ken better, sir!It is tyrannical and no worthy of you.'
Which of Henchard's actions is tyrannical?
AHe says Donald must not befriend Elizabeth - Jane
BHe asks Abel Whittle to go to Blackmoor vale half naked
CHe dismisses Jopp, his former manager
DHe decides not to marry Lucetta on Susan's return.
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Question 1469
jamb1997
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
The novel is about growth because
AFarfrae replaces Henchard as the Mayor of Casterbridge
Bof socio-economic changes in Casterbridge society
CHenchard finally permits Farfrae to woo Elizabeth-Jane
DHenchard gradually attains self-awareness
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Question 1470
jamb1997
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Susan concealed the true parentage of Elizabeth Jane in order to
