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Question 1

jamb 2022

The hunter dies
and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies
and leaves his poverty to his anvil...
The extract above is an example of

Aepic

Beulogy

Cballad

Delegy

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Question 2

jamb 2022

A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is

Aanti-climax

Binterlude

Cflashback

Dforeshadowing

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Question 3

jamb 2022

Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

APoetry

BProse

CAroma

DDrama

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Question 4

jamb 2022

'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.'

The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

Arepetition

Balliteration

Cparadox

Drhyme scheme

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Question 5

jamb 2022

Chanson is a term denoting a

Apopular Korean verse

BSong from the middle Ages

CForm of love song

Dpoem of Varied Metrical forms

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Question 6

jamb 2022

"I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands".The above lines is an example of a

AAspotrophe

BAlliteration

CRepetitiion

DAssonance

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Question 7

jamb 2022

'To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour'
- William Blake
To see a World In a Grain of Sand.
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is

Ametaphor

Bsimile

Cparadox

Dhyperbole

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Question 8

jamb 2022

"Rays of sun peeping through the cloud ", the line is an example of

ASynecdoche

BIrony

CApostrophe

DPersonification

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Question 9

jamb 2022

The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

Aomniscient narrator

Bparticipatory narrator

Cobjective narrator

Dsubjective narrator

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Question 10

jamb 2022

"I hate brave cowards like you" is an example of

AIrony

BAntithesis

CEulogy

DOxymoron

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Question 11

jamb 2022

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

Apurgation

Bperipeteia

Chubris

Danagnorisis

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Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

jamb 2022

The subject matter of a literary work is the

Aplot

Bsetting

Ctheme

Dstructure

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Question 17

jamb 2022

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

AProtagonist

BRound character

CFlat character

DFoil

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Question 18

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 19

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 20

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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