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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 2186:
'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last, to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'
Jose Saramago: All the Names

What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?
  • A She falls asleep
  • B She is dead
  • C She is awake
  • D She runs away
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Question 2187:
This question is based on THE GOOD MORROW.
Use this excerpt to answer question

"If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee."

The excerpt above evokes the use of ____
  • A Olfactory imagery
  • B Tactile
  • C Auditory imagery
  • D Visual imagery
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Question 2188:
The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge is known as
  • A Anamnesis
  • B Anagnorisis
  • C Hamartia
  • D Hubris
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Question 2189:
A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a
  • A Harrangue
  • B Discourse
  • C Monologue
  • D Saga
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Question 2190:
This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

"Many years on wheels" The reference to "wheels" exemplifies the use of ___ in the poem.
  • A Climax
  • B Personification
  • C Metonymy
  • D Synecdoche
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