Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2024

The major divisions in a play are

Aacts
Bchapters
Cscenes
Dstanzas
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Question 22
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The overwhelming confidence and pride that lead to the fall of the protagonist is

Acatharsis
Bego
Charmatia
Dhubris
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Question 23
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Ife is a woman of great virtue

She is a woman of great vice illustrate

Aantithesis
Balliteration
Cparadox
Dpathos
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Question 24
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A narrative that extols the deeds of a heroic figure is a 

Aballad
Bfolktale
Cpanegyric
Dpastoral
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Question 25
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The dominant device used in "Macbeth doth murdered sleep; the innocent sleep" is

Aalliteration
Bconceit
Cmetonymy
Dpersonification
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Question 26
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Which of the following helps best to create and sustain interest in a literary work?

Aplot
Brhyme
Crhythm
Dsuspense
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Question 27
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The choir is on wheels to a convention illustrates

AHyperbole
BAllusion
CMetonymy
DPersonification
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Question 28
waec 2024

A poem that is shaped in the image of the object it talks about is

Aconcrete
Blyrical
Cmetaphysical
Dromantic
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Question 29
jamb 2024

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The events that make up the story is the 

Aplot
Bsetting
Catmosphere
Dtheme
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Question 30
jamb 2024

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A poem of eight rhyming lines is

Aquatrain
Boctave
Csonnet
Dlimerick
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Question 31
jamb 2024

A long narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is 

Apanegyric
Blyric
Cballad
Depic
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Question 32
jamb 2024

This question is based on general literary principles

The leading character in a literary work is the  

Aprotagonist
Bantagonist
Cvillain
Danti-hero
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Question 33
jamb 2024

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The collection of images within a literary work is referred to as 

Aimagery
Bimages
Csymbolism
Dcaesura
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Question 34
jamb 2024

This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.

Heathcliff considered himself the second half of 

ANelly Dean
BIsabella Linton
CHindley Earnshaw
DCatherine Earnshaw
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Question 35
jamb 2024

This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

The novel can be described as a 

ARenaissance prose
BVictorian novel
CFrench fiction
DEnglish autobiography
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Question 36
jamb 2024

This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

The setting of the novel is

AMid 16th century
BMid 17th century
CMid 18th century
DMid 19th century
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Question 37
jamb 2024

The question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

The structure of the novel is based on two major conflicts of 

Alove
Bpassion
Cemotion
Dromance
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Question 38
jamb 2024

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen

The main challenge Adah encounters in England is

Abeing a woman
Bfinancial limitations
Cbeing half literate
Dbeing a black person
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Question 39
jamb 2024

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.

Adah's disappointment is in the overwhelming 

Afreedom for the blacks
Breception of the blacks
Crecognition given the blacks
Ddiscrimination against the blacks
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Question 40
jamb 2024

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen

Adah is so obsessed with the sleek woman at the hospital because the woman

Ahas a doting husband
Bhas a high paying job
Cgives birth to twins
Dlives in a mansion
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