Jamb 1987 Literature In English Questions
Question 26:
In Great Expectations. while Pip was going away from home to take the coach in London, Joe and Biddy threw old shoes at him because
- A Pip had in a haste forgotten to pack those old shoes of his
- B They wanted to play a practical joke on Pip for the last time
- C Pip had made them angry by his joy to leave home
- D They believede that the act would bring him good luck.
Question 27:
Pip's Flippant remarks concerning the tombstones in the opening chapter of Great Expectations indicate
- A His longing for death
- B The child's inability to understand
- C His yearning for his parents
- D His fascination for inscriptions on stonework.
Question 28:
Caricature is used to
- A Ridicule a person by distorting his most prominent features
- B Censure an individual by emphasizing his weakness
- C Expose the folly in literature
- D Elicit the artistic potential of dramatists.
Question 29:
The substitution of mild and pleasant expression for harsh and blunt one is called
- A Ambiguity
- B Climax
- C Peripety
- D Euphemism.
Question 30:
Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called
- A Dialetic
- B Decadent
- C Definitive
- D Didactic.