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Question 41
jamb 2014
"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'

P.B. Shelley:Sonnet

The stanza above is an example of a
Acouplet
Bsestet
Cquatrain
Dsonnet
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Question 42
jamb 2014

And when you trudge on your horny Pads
gullied like the soles of modern shoes
Pads that even jiggers cannot conquer

Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

Asole of a pauper
Bsole of a soldier
Cpoliceman
Dmadman
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Question 43
jamb 2014

Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

Alitotes
Binnuendo
Chyperbole
Deuphemism
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Question 44
jamb 2014
He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of
Aeuphemism
Bantithesis
Cepigram
Doxymoron
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Question 45
jamb 2014
He put himself in uniform, made one for
his five-year-old son, and marched with
the infant from dawn till noon every
market day, on the main road singing
'Kayiwawa beturi...

The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as
Aa soldier
Babnormal
Cenergetic
Da policeman
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Question 46
jamb 2014

Which of the following is central to narrative fiction ?

AVerisimilitude
BDialogue
CObjectivity
DSubjectivity
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Question 47
jamb 2014
The speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called
Aa prologue
Ban epilogue
Ca dirge
Da monologue
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Question 48
jamb 2014
Dramatis personae in a play refers to
Aa list of characters
Border of appearance
Ccast list
Dprotagonist and antagonist
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Question 49
jamb 2014
In literature, a flat character can be described as one who
Ais undeveloped
Bundergoes changes
Cdies abruptly
Dachieves greatness
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Question 50
jamb 2014
A funny incident within a serious situation is
Acomedy
Bcomic relief
Ctragic comedy
Dtragic hero
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Question 51
jamb 2014
Tone and mood of a poem refers to
Alocale
Batmosphere
Csetting
Dspace
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Question 52
jamb 2014
A plot in a literary work is about
Acharacter delineation
Bcasual arrangement of events
Cresolution of conflicts
Dlaw of poetic justic
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Question 53
jamb 2014
A device in drama where a character speaks alone is
Asoliloquy
Baside
Capostrophe
Ddialogue
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Question 54
jamb 2014

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

Acatharsis
Bcatastrophe
Cepilogue
Dexposition
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Question 55
jamb 2014
An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
Apyrrhic
Bprops
Cpathos
Dparody
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