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Question 21

waec 2018

Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bent

To set aganist me for your merriment.

The lines illustrate__________

AEpitaph

BEpigram

CApostrophe

DAllusion

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Question 22

waec 2018

A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________

AA dirge

BAn ode

CAn epic

DA pastoral

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Question 23

waec 2018

Diction is a writer's choice of___________-

AStyle

BSyntax

CRhythm

DWords

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Question 24

waec 2018

The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________-

AMusical

BCurtain Call

CIntermission

DIntroduction

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Question 25

waec 2018

He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________

ASynecdoche

BOxymoron

CMetonymy

DLitotes

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Question 26

waec 2018

A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________

AA sestet

BAn octave

CTwo sestets

DThree quatrains

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Question 27

waec 2018

A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________

AComedy

BFarce

CPantomime

DTragedy

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Question 28

waec 2018

Before a play is performed, it is ___________

AAuditioned

BApplauded

CRehearsed

DRecited

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Question 29

waec 2018

A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________

AFarce

BMime

CSlapstick

DBurlesque

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Question 30

waec 2018

The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________

AProtagonist

BNarrator

CVillain

DAntagonist

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Question 31

jamb 2018

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.

"Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______

Afront of the veranda of Okoro's house

Bthe-kitchen, upstairs

COkoro’s front yard, down stage

Dthe direction of the kitchen, off stage

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Question 32

jamb 2018

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES' REVOLT.

In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?

ACure cross-piece

BHurt their husbands

CForestall reconciliation

DSeeks peace

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Question 33

jamb 2018

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES' REVOLT.

In the play the central idea is that gender equity_______?

Aboth undesirable and unattainable

Bdesirable and unattainable

Cattainable and desirable

Dobnoxious and desirable

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Question 34

jamb 2018

The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

Room 101 symbolises a place of________???

Arest

Bfun

Chumiliation

Dtorture

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Question 35

jamb 2018

The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

The novel can be described as__________?

Aoptimistic

Bantagonistic

Cpersuasive

Dpessimistic

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Question 36

jamb 2018

The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR.

The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winston’s dreams of________?

Ainternal security

Bwealth and capitalism

Cfreedom and democracy

Dsovereignty forestall reconciliation

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Question 37

jamb 2018

The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

The novel draws a picture of______?

Auseless past

Ba totalitarian future

Can unstable moment

Da peaceful atmosphere

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Question 38

jamb 2018

A “chapter” in a piece of drama is a

Aact

Bscene

Csetting

Ddialogue

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Question 39

jamb 2018

What is the narrator of a poem called?

Aauthor

Bspeaker

Cnarrator

DVoice

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Question 40

jamb 2018

An act of speaking one’s thought aloud by oneself, regardless of any hearer, in a play is known as____________

Ametaphor

Bfable

Ccomedy

Dsoliloquy

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