Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1
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 2
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 3
jamb 2024

A long narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is 

Apanegyric
Blyric
Cballad
Depic
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Question 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
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 12
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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Question 13
jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.

Jimmy's harmatia is

Ainfidelity
Banger
Cpride
Djealousy
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Question 14
jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger.

The reason why Jimmy easily gets along with Cliff is because

Athey both belong to the working class
BAlison speaks well of Cliff
Cthe relatives of Jimmy's mother are rich
Dthey are both from affluent backgrounds
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Question 15
jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger

The couple's marital crisis is aggravated by

AJimmy
BCliff
CHelena
DHugh
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Question 16
jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger

The protagonist in the play is

AAlison Porter
BCliff Lewis
CJimmy Porter
DColonel Redfern
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Question 17
jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger

Alison and Jimmy are accommodated during the first month of their marriage by

AHugh Tanner
BNigel
CCliff
DWebster
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Question 18
jamb 2024

The question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel

The play is a

AComedy
BTragi-comedy
CFarce
DMelodrama
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Question 19
jamb 2024

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel

Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as 

Aunholy
Billegal
Cbabaric
Dchildish
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Question 20
jamb 2024

Lawrence's "Bats" is a 

Asarcasm
Bsatire
Cdramatic dialogue
Ddramatic monolgue
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