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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Direct imitation in play

Jamb Literature In English Questions - Direct imitation in play

Question 1:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village. The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.
Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?
  • A Pessimistic
  • B Optimistic
  • C Nonchanlant
  • D Cynical
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Question 2:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'Now I fear disturbance of the quiet season Winter shall come bringing death from the sea
Ruinous spring shall beat at our doors
Root and shoot shall eat eyes and our ears'.
The dramatic technique employed in this passage is
  • A Irony
  • B Anticlimax
  • C Foreshadowing
  • D Flasback
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Question 3:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'On the lower deck in the babel of two hundred voices he would forget himself, and beforehand live in his mind the sea life of light literature,.
Joseph Conrade Lord Jim
The character in the above passage is
  • A Talking
  • B Sleeping
  • C Reading a literature book
  • D Day-dreaming
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Question 4:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary genre which directly imitates human action is
  • A Drama
  • B Comedy
  • C Prose
  • D Poetry
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