Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 221
jamb 2022

The subject matter of a literary work is the

Aplot
Bsetting
Ctheme
Dstructure
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Question 222
jamb 2022

...... is also called a dynamic character

AProtagonist
BRound character
CFlat character
DFoil
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Question 223
jamb 2022

Mock-heroic poetry elevates

Athe important tales of heroes of the past era
Btrivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
Cthe stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
Dthe beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
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Question 224
jamb 2022

Empathy is achieved when the audience

Afeels betrayed by the director
Bvicariously participates in the stage experience
Cattacks the character foil
Ddenounces and humiliates the protagonist
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Question 225
jamb 2022

The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is

Aa constitutional provision
Ba copyright
Can authority to write
Dan author's right
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Question 226
jamb 2022

A Literary work that ridicules the shortcomings of people or ideas is ......

Aa satire
Ba masque
Ca fable
Dan irony
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Question 227
jamb 2022

A travelogue is

Aa record of the writer's experience during a journey
Bthe account of the experiences of an individual during his lifeline
Cthe account of the travails of a character in a novel
Da variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
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Question 228
jamb 2022

A hero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called?

ADeuteragonist
BPeriaktos
CTragic hero
DTragic flow
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Question 229
jamb 2022

The idea of metre as used in a literary piece is

Astanza
Brhythm
Crhyme
Dverse
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Question 230
jamb 2022

A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

Ahero
Bopposition
Cvillain
Dheroine
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Question 231
jamb 2022

One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy

Aclimax
Bhappy ending
Ctragic hero
Dalliteration
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Question 232
jamb 2022

That year, the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself.

The mood conveyed here is one of _____

Aexcitement
Bsadness
Cjoy
Dtriumph
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Question 233
jamb 2022

Pick out the odd item 

Aa Raisin in the Sun
BTwelfth Night
COzidi
DThe Concubine
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Question 234
jamb 2022

Another shoal of cars swam past.
One, in particular, caught his eyes, a long slender thing,
elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver;
a thousand guineas it would have cost, he thought.

In the first sentence, cars are described in terms of 

Abirds
Bants
Cfish
Dlampposts
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Question 235
jamb 2022

You cannot know
 And should not bother
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother


In this verse the poet uses

Aalternate rhymes
Bmonomyme
Ccouplets
Dtriplets
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Question 236
jamb 2022

If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography, we mean that it is

Aa historical novel
Ba piece of writing telling us about the Life of its author
Ca short story
Da narrative tale
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Question 237
jamb 2022

In The Flight to Australia', the following line occurs: 'Tier upon tier it towered, the terrible Apennines'. The figure of speech used in this line is known as

Aalliteration
Blitotes
Cexaggeration
Dparody
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Question 238
jamb 2022

Literature is studied as a subject at school  because

Ait exposes students to the realities of life
Bit provides entertainment
Cit merely gives additional work to students
Dit teaches the use of words
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Question 239
jamb 2022

 A narrative poem must

Apreach a sermon
Btell a story
Cdescribe natural scenery
Dargue a question
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Question 240
jamb 2022

One of the following writers is better known as  a playwright than as a novelist

AC. Achebe
BC. Ekwensi
CW. Soyinka
DJ.P Clark
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