Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2022

An irredeemable reversal of the hero's fortune in a tragedy is called.

Apurgation
Bperipeteia
Chubris
Danagnorisis
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Question 32
jamb 2022

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

Acast list
Blist of characters
Cprotagonist and antagonist
Dorder of appearance
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Question 33
jamb 2022

'I am jealous and passonate
Like Jehovah, God of the Jews.'

J.P Clark: Olokun
A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is

Asimile
Bparadox
Cmetaphor
Dhyperbole
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Question 34
jamb 2022

"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"
This exemplies the use of ...

Ahendiadys
Bchiasmus
Canaphora
Danadiplosis
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Question 35
jamb 2022

A dramatic type directed against an individual or a private institute with the intent to severely ridicule is called

Alampoon
Bcaricature
Cburlesque
Dsatire
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Question 36
jamb 2022

The subject matter of a literary work is the

Aplot
Bsetting
Ctheme
Dstructure
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Question 37
jamb 2022

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

AProtagonist
BRound character
CFlat character
DFoil
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Question 38
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 39
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 40
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 41
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 42
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 43
jamb 2022

A hero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called?

ADeuteragonist
BPeriaktos
CTragic hero
DTragic flow
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Question 44
jamb 2022

The idea of metre as used in a literary piece is

Astanza
Brhythm
Crhyme
Dverse
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Question 45
jamb 2022

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

Ahero
Bopposition
Cvillain
Dheroine
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Question 46
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 47
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 48
jamb 2022

Pick out the odd item 

Aa Raisin in the Sun
BTwelfth Night
COzidi
DThe Concubine
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Question 49
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 50
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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