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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
In 'Come Away My Love' Kariuki deals with the problems of
  • A Love in the abstract
  • B Reflections on shop windows
  • C The music of the piano
  • D Love between people of different races
  • E The light from the candle
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Question 12:
Although the following statement is not a direct quotation from any books,it serves as as an aid to identifying characters that appear in the works.Read it carefully and say which character is likely to make it: 'How could i have succumbed to the pressures of the corrupt society?I thought i would be a successful social reformer but now i am as bad as those i criticize'
  • A Ihuoma
  • B Tom
  • C Clara
  • D Emenike
  • E Obi Okonkwo
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Question 13:
The difference between tragedy and comedy is
  • A That tragey contains soliloquies,but comedy does not
  • B That comedy contains disguise but tragedy does not
  • C That tragedy is imaginative but comedy is not
  • D That comedy deals with love but tragedy does not
  • E None of the above
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Question 14:
A play is drama because
  • A It contains characters
  • B It does not contain any story
  • C It cannot be read silently
  • D It can be acted on the stage
  • E It is written in verse
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Question 15:
The central theme of Shakespeare's As You Like It is
  • A Wrestling
  • B Disguise
  • C Forest life
  • D Disagreement between brothers
  • E The nature of true love
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