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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 2156:
That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. The mood conveyed here is one of ____________
  • A Excitement
  • B Sadness
  • C Joy
  • D Triumph
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Question 2157:
One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy
  • A Climax
  • B Happy ending
  • C Tragic hero
  • D Alliteration
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Question 2158:
A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is ____________
  • A Hero
  • B Opposition
  • C Villain
  • D Heroine
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Question 2159:
The idea of metre as used in a literary piece is ____________
  • A Stanza
  • B Rhythm
  • C Rhyme
  • D Verse
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Question 2160:
A hero whose weakness contributes to his downfall is called?
  • A Deuteragonist
  • B Periaktos
  • C Tragic hero
  • D Tragic flow
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