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Question 141

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as

Adramatic epilogue

Bdramatic monologue

Crole-playing

Dflashback

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Question 142

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

Titubi joins the farmer's revolt

Ato ensure it's success

Bas a spy for the establishment

Cin pursuit of Marshal

Dto defy the police

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Question 143

jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

In the play, social change is achieved through

Acollectivism

Bsectionalism

Cindividualism

Dcommunism

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Question 144

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, 'Oculi, Orphan'. These lines illustrate the use of

Asadism

Bsophism

Csatire

Deuphemism

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Question 145

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

Aan anagnorisis

Ba tragic flaw

Ca catharsis

Da catastrophe

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Question 146

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Romantic poetry emphasizes

Athe beauty of nature

Bintimate relationships

Cthe love in human nature

Dthe romance in human aspiration

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Question 147

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A melodramatic play is based on

Aa melodious manipulation of events

Bingredients that mellow down events

Csensational plot and characters

Dthe playwright's didactic overtones

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Question 148

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is

Aan apostrophe

Ban allegory

Ca poetic license

Da rhetoric

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Question 149

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of

Airony

Bparadox

Ccontrast

Dparallelism

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Question 150

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An elegy is a poem that mourns for the

Adeceased

Bbereaved

Caccused

Dking

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Question 151

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

Ashort verses

Brhythmic verses

Cfree verses

Dirregular verses

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Question 152

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The three main unities in drama are those of

Aaction, time and place

Btime, space and action

Cplace, time and space

Dspace, action and time

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Question 153

jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Persona refers to the

Acentral character in a play

Bvoice of the character

Cthe image a character presents

Dthe personality of a character

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Question 154

jamb 2021

A band of singers and dancers in drama who acts as a link between the play and the audience is the

AChorus

BClown

CPlaywright

DCast

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Question 155

jamb 2021

A situation where an actor addresses the audience without the other actors hearing him is called

ASoliloquy

BChorus

CAside

DSolo

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Question 156

jamb 2021

Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to

AFind faults in a literary work

BAnalyze and evaluate a literary work

Ccompare and contrast novels

DDiscover the beauty of a literary work.

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Question 157

jamb 2021

A technique by which a previous scene or action can be recalled in a play to shed light on the present action is

AClimax

BFlashback

CInterlude

DCathersis

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Question 158

jamb 2021

A play in which the acts succeed one another without probable or necessary sequence is

AEpisodic

BSimple

CLinear

DConvoluted

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Question 159

jamb 2021

The repetition of a consonant sound in quick succession of sound effect is

AAlliteration

BPun

Conomatopoeia

DAssonance

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Question 160

jamb 2019

Fatalism is crucial element in_________

Amelodrama

Btragi-comedy

Ctragedy

Dcomedy

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