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Jamb Literature In English Questions - Comedy

Question 6:

In Birago Diop's 'Vanity',these two lines 'Sad complaining voices of beggars
Who indeed will hear them without laughter?'contain

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A An exaggeration
B A hyperbole
C A paradox
D An understatement
E An illogicallity

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Question 7:

Which of the following statements best describes comedy

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A A play in which no body dies
B A play which makes us laugh
C Play in which the hero is a clown
D A play which end happily
E A play which is not boring.

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Question 8:

In Julius Caesar, one occasion when the misunderstanding of the ordinary people of Rome caused a big problem was

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A At the capitol when Caesar was given a crown
B At the capitol when Brutus and Antony addressed the Romans
C At the battlefield when Brutus attacked the army of octavius
D In the streets of Rome when Cinna the poet was killed.

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Question 9:

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.A play is called a comedy when

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A There is peaceful atmosphere and laughter in it
B Nobody dies in it
C There is no serious quarrel in it
D There is a happy resolution of contradictions

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Question 10:

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
'...This morning alone I have been thrice in conflict with the daughters of discord. First there was...'The omission in the conflict in the above statement from the play refers to

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A Delila and Jezebel
B The girl who goes to swim everyday
C The woman chasing the drummer boy
D Chume's wife whom he owes money.

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