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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 41:
Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options.

The stressed syllables are written in capital letters departmental
  • A DEpartmental
  • B DePARTmental
  • C DepartMENtal
  • D DepartmenTAL
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Question 42:
A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called ___
  • A Elergy
  • B Ode
  • C Lyrics
  • D Pastoral
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Question 43:
Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined


Vice
  • A Cat
  • B Dress
  • C Show
  • D Chalk
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Question 44:
This question is based on William Shakespheare's

"...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?."


In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are
  • A Lascivious
  • B Petty
  • C Pretentious
  • D Thieves
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Question 45:
How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem "the proud king" has?
  • A 119 stanzas and 849 lines
  • B 109 stanzas and 849 lines
  • C 119 stanzas and 850 lines
  • D 109 stanzas and 850 lines
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