Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2017

The leading character in a literary work is the________

AFoil
BVillain
CAntagonist
DProtagonist
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Question 22
waec 2017

"Its a matter of sad joy" Iillustrates__________

AMetonymy
BOxymoron
CEuphemism
DIrony
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Question 23
waec 2017

A play on words for literary effect is_________

AA Paradox
BA Pun
CA Satire
DAn Elegy
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Question 24
waec 2017

Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

 

The lines illustrates________

ABlank Verse
BEnd ryhme
CInternal rhyme
DFree Verse
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Question 25
waec 2017

Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

 

The poets intention is to___________

ACreate Humor
BArouse sympathy
CCreate fun
DShow Contempt
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Question 26
waec 2017

Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

 

The alliteration in stinks and stings effectively conveys__________-

 

ADistaste
BAdmiration
CIndifference
DApproval
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Question 27
waec 2017

Through the trees, I'll hear a single

Ringing sound, a cowbell jingle 

The underlined is an example of____________ryhme

 

AEnd
BFeminine
CInternal
DMasculine
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Question 28
waec 2017

A short single act drama is called____________

AOpera
BAllusion
CFarce
DPlaylet
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Question 29
waec 2017

A literary work in which the characters are animals is a ____________

ALampoon
BFable
CParody
DPantomine
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Question 30
waec 2017

A praise poem is ____________

AA Ballad
BA Panegyric
CAn Allegory
DAn Epigram
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Question 31
jamb 2017

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days

Yaremi's main job is

Aselling cassava
Bharvesting cassava
Cdyeing taffeta cloths
Dsewing taffeta cloths
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Question 32
jamb 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

Who impregnated Aloho?

AThe Commissioner
BChief Haladu
CJustice Odili
DInspector Inaku
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Question 33
jamb 2017
_______ In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work
ACast
BSummary
CFlaw
DPlot
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Question 34
jamb 2017

This question is based on Faceless by Amma Darko

What is the reason that caused Odarley's mother to send her away from home?

Ashe chose to go to the street
Bher mother remarried
Cshe steals her mother things
Dshe wants to poison her boyfriend
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Question 35
jamb 2017

Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is ________?

Aa celebration of life
Ban appreciation of nature
Ca demystification of death
Da celebration of the final passage
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Question 36
jamb 2017

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus?

A107
B230
C200
D140
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Question 37
jamb 2017

This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.

The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because

AIt only occurs in Ghana
BIt could be found only in Africa
CIt is common to almost all nations of the world
Dthe novel is read in all parts of the world
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Question 38
jamb 2017
"I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ?
Asynedole
Beuphemism
Crepetition
Dirony
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Question 39
jamb 2017
This question is based on General Literacy Principles

A literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ________?
Aallusion
Bjuxtaposition
Csymbolism
Dmemoir
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Question 40
jamb 2017
This question is based on Literary.

Our third jailer made little or me. He was one of the many struggled in order to feed their families. Be seemed to be very much controlled by the other two. Elechi Amadi Sunset in Biafra

The speaker's attitude towards the jailer in the passage above is that of
Aadmiration
Bcondemnation
Cspite
Drespect
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