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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 2081:
He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of
  • A Euphemism
  • B Antithesis
  • C Epigram
  • D Oxymoron
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Question 2082:
Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is
  • A Litotes
  • B Innuendo
  • C Hyperbole
  • D Euphemism
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Question 2083:
And when you trudge on one horny Pads Gullied
like the soles of modern shoes Pads that even
jiggers cannot conquer
Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a
  • A Sole of a pauper
  • B Sole of a soldier
  • C Policeman
  • D Madman
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Question 2084:
"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'
P.B. Shelley:Sonnet
The stanza above is an example of a
  • A Couplet
  • B Sestet
  • C Quatrain
  • D Sonnet
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Question 2085:
'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'
Mbure:To a Bed-Bug
The lines above are an example of a
  • A Light verse
  • B Light opera
  • C Limerick
  • D Lampoon
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