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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 2176:
An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
  • A Props
  • B Parody
  • C Pyrrhic
  • D Pathos
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Question 2177:
This question is based on BAT.<br/><br/>Use the excerpt to answer this question.<br/>"Where light pushes through;<br/>A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.<br/>A dip to the water.<br/>And you think:<br/>"The swallows are flying so late!"<br/>Swallows?"<br/><br/>The dominant poetic device in the excerpt is___
  • A Rhetorical question
  • B Imagery
  • C Alliteration
  • D Paradox
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Question 2178:
When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes
  • A A symbol
  • B An irony
  • C A subject
  • D An epigram
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Question 2179:
A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is
  • A Allegory
  • B Novella
  • C Fable
  • D Epistle
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Question 2180:
A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a
  • A Central character after whom the play is named
  • B King with deep affection for his subjects
  • C Noble character with hubris
  • D Lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortunes
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