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Jamb 1986 Literature In English Questions

Question 41:
A poem written on a grand theme, in an appropriately grand style, dealing with heroic figures is called
  • A A soliloquy
  • B A tragi-comedy
  • C An epic
  • D An epigram.
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Question 42:
Characterization in a novel means the
  • A List of characters featuring in it
  • B Mode of presenting the fictional individuals
  • C Peculiar mannerisms of the narrator
  • D Resolution of the conflict between the characters.
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Question 43:
'' It was dawn, and the windows were dark except for the Workmen cafes. The sky was like a avast flat wall of cobalt, with roofs and spires of black paper pasted upon it. Drowsy men were sweeping the pavements with ten-foot brooms, and ragged families picking over the dustbins. Workmen and girls with piece of chocolate in one hand and bread in the other were pouring into the railway station.'
The picture presented above is one of
  • A Poverty in urban areas
  • B Monotony of the town life
  • C Landscape at sunrise
  • D Sordid industrial town.
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Question 44:
Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense is starkest madness.
'This the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane;
Demur,-you're straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
This poem reflects the
  • A Tyranny of the majority
  • B Approval of the majority factor
  • C Unhappiness that might is right
  • D Great love for mad poeple.
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Question 45:
The bustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon earth-
The sweeping up the heart
And putting love away
We shall not want to use again
Until eternity.
The predominant mood of this poem is best captured by the words
  • A Misplaced anxiety
  • B Great relief
  • C Solemn resignation
  • D Morbid fear.
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