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Question 21

waec 2004

A literary work is didactic f it

Aentertains

Bcomforts

Ccriticizes

Dteaches

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Question 22

waec 2004

A short witty statement in poetry constitutes a/an

Alyric

Bode

Cepigram

Delegy

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Question 23

waec 2004

A character who creates humour in a play is a

Aflat character

Bheroine

Cround character

Dclown

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Question 24

waec 2004

''True wit is nature to advantage drest.
What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed''.

The extract is an example of

Arhythm

Bpun

Crhyme

Dparadox

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Question 25

waec 2004

A literary work in which animals are used as characters is a

Amemoir

Bfable

Cbiography

Dfarce

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Question 26

waec 2004

Pick the odd item

Acomedy

Bprose

Cdrama

Dpoetry

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Question 27

waec 2004

Dialogue is the predominant feature of

Agenre

Bdrama

Cpoetry

Dprose

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Question 28

waec 2004

A group of lines separated from other groups in a poem is known as

Averse

Bcaesura

Cstanza

Dmetre

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Question 29

waec 2004

Pick the odd item

Afiction

Bmonologue

Caside

Dsoliloguy

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Question 30

waec 2004

The persons created of presented in a literary work are

Aheroes

Bactorrs

Cclowns

Dcharacters

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Question 31

jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
'What is in the past is gone forever. it is only the present that belongs to us! Grasp what chance of happiness you can find at the moment with both hands!
The past in the extract above refers to

AOdibe

BNorman

CChris

DOdili

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Question 32

jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
The preoccupation of the novel is

Athe life and times of Julian Odili

BNorman Obi's courtship of Effua

Cthe benefits of the extended family in Nigeria

Dthe travails and successes of Nkem and Odili

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Question 33

jamb 2004

This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily
Nkem leaves Odilis house because

Ashe is not afaithful wife

Bshe wants to keep her marriage

Cof pressure from outsiders

Dshe is barren

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Question 34

jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
In the novel, Serah dies of

Ahaemorrhoids

Bgunshot wounds

Casthma

Dasphyxiation

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Question 35

jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, the foil to Lahab's character is

ATanko

BAI-Amin

CSagiir

DSaahir

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Question 36

jamb 2004

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
'A repulsive game, nonetheless. Majority participation in a voice doesn't turn it into a virtue,no matter the social standing of the participants.
The game referred to in the passage above is

Agraft

Bgambling

Cdraught

Dscrambling

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Question 37

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The ideological leader of the revolution in the novel is

ANapoleon

BSnowball

COld Major

DSquealer

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Question 38

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The last major battle in the novel is the battle

Aof the Cowshed

Bof the Windmill

Cto oust Mr.Jones

Dto overthrow Snowball

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Question 39

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The events in the novel are set in

Aa possible soccial climate

Bthe distant past

Ca real human society

Dan imagined world

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Question 40

jamb 2004

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm
The turn of events in the novel shows that the novelist is

Aiconoclastic

Bfatalistic

Crhetorical

Doptimistic

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