Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
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 12
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 13
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 14
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 15
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 16
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 17
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 18
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 19
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 20
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 21
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 22
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 23
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 24
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 25
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 26
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 27
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 28
jamb 2021

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

AAlliteration
BPun
Conomatopoeia
DAssonance
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