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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Epiphany

Jamb Literature In English Questions - Epiphany

Question 1:
'Nine hens had died in the meantime. Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died by coccidiosis.'
In the passage taken from Animal Farm, the truth is that the
  • A Cause of the hens' death is unknown
  • B Official explanation given is unacceptable
  • C Issue is not worth considering
  • D Official explanation is acceptable
  • E Hens died of old-age.
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Question 2:
'...No, my friend, he is not too young. A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches. i have done my best to make Nwoye grow into a man, but there is too much of his mother in him.'
The truth, which Okonkwo knows but cannot bring himself to state, is that Nwoye is what he is because there is in him too much of
  • A His father
  • B His grandfather
  • C Ikemefuna
  • D His grandmother
  • E Ezinma
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Question 3:
A statement that appears to say something opposite to common sense or the truth, but which may contain a truth is
  • A An oxymoron
  • B A parable
  • C An irony
  • D An inversion
  • E A paradox.
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Question 4:
This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play reaches a turning point when
  • A Macduff's wife and children are murdered
  • B Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
  • C Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
  • D Macbeth sees the witches a scond time
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Question 5:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as
  • A Hamartia
  • B Anagnorisis
  • C Hubris
  • D Anamnesis
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