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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Comedy

Jamb Literature In English Questions - Comedy

Question 11:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the
  • A Lopsided resolution of conflicts
  • B Manipulation of appearance and reality
  • C Contrived misrepresentation of characters
  • D Match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
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Question 12:
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The success of the play as a comedy relies on the author's use of
  • A Dramatic irony
  • B Stock comic characters
  • C Comic relief
  • D Stage and scenic disguise
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Question 13:
This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters. The central conflict in the play is
  • A Religious
  • B Romantic
  • C Generational
  • D Communal
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Question 14:
This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesA conscious imitation of a literary work by another with the aim of ridicule is
  • A Performance
  • B Mockery
  • C Mimesis
  • D Parody
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Question 15:
These questions are based on Literary Appreciation
And your laughter like a flame piercing the shadows have revealed Africa to me beyond the snow of yesterday.
from the poem above, SHADOW means
  • A Bleak future
  • B Period of suffering
  • C Abstract ideas
  • D Famine
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