Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 181
jamb 2023

The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is

Aconcept
Bmyth
Critual
Dmotif
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Question 182
jamb 2023

'And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.
'

In the lines above, Tom is warm because he

Ais working indoors
Bis wearing warm clothes
Cis doing his duty
Dhas just woken from sleep
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Question 183
jamb 2023

The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

ACatastasis
BCatharsis
Cprotasis
DEpitasis
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Question 184
jamb 2023

Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning'

The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes

Ainsanity
Bwickedness
Clawlessness
Disolation
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Question 185
jamb 2023

A panegyric poem is composed to

Acondemn
Belaborate
Cabuse
Dpraise
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Question 186
jamb 2023

Cast in a play refers to

Athree of the actors
Ba few of the actors
Can exclusive social class in the play
Dall the actors
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Question 187
jamb 2023

'As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls, to go
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
The breadth goes now, and some say, "No".'

John Donne: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

The tone of this poem is generally

Aconversational
Bimaginative
Cserious
Dappreciative
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Question 188
jamb 2023

The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

Asympathy
Bterror
Chorror
Dfrustration
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Question 189
jamb 2023

Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

AAroma
BPoetry
CDrama
DProse
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Question 190
jamb 2023

Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated in an instance is

Aparadox
Bparody
Cparallelism
Dmetonymy
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Question 191
jamb 2023

The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called

Apsycho-consciousness styles
Bnarrator's mind style
Cshifting style
Dstream of consciousness
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Question 192
jamb 2023

This question is based on BAT.

Read the excerpt and answer the question:
"Bat!
Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."

The theme of this excerpt is____

AAll of the above
Bthe poet's right to Individual choice
Cthe poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
Dthe poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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Question 193
jamb 2023

The process of creating characters and endowing them with certain attitude is ......

AAction
BCharacter
CCharacterization
DDramatis personae
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Question 194
jamb 2023

A limerick has

Aornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
Bformal and elaborate style and humour
Chumour,rhyme scheme and five lines
Da stinging climax, rhyme scheme, and five lines
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Question 195
jamb 2023
Literature written specially for stage performance is
Afiction
Bpoetry
Cdrama
Dprose
Question 196
waec 2022

The speaker's language is best described as

Acomic
Bsatiric
Cconceit
Dmetaphoric
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Question 197
waec 2022

It is a state of

Adeception
Bignorance
Cillusion
Dinnocence
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Question 198
waec 2022

The architect of the speaker's current state is

AHippolyta
BOberon
CTitania
DTheseus
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Question 199
waec 2022

The speaker has just come out of

Aan appalling experience
Ba nightmare
Can induced sleep
Da rehearsal
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Question 200
waec 2022

The speaker is

ABottom
BPuck
CQuince
DPeaseblossom
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