JAMB - Literature In English (2021)
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The repetition of a consonant sound in quick succession of sound effect is
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A play in which the acts succeed one another without probable or necessary sequence is
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A technique by which a previous scene or action can be recalled in a play to shed light on the present action is
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Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to
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Analyze and evaluate a literary work
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A situation where an actor addresses the audience without the other actors hearing him is called
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A band of singers and dancers in drama who acts as a link between the play and the audience is the
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The three main unities in drama are those of
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that mourns for the
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A melodramatic play is based on
Answer(C)
sensational plot and characters
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Romantic poetry emphasizes
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, 'Oculi, Orphan'. These lines illustrate the use of
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This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
In the play, social change is achieved through
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This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
Titubi joins the farmer's revolt
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This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as
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This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The stage direction at the end of the play reveals
Answer(D)
the Director making a farewell speech
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
DUKE:... Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped?
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The details of his relationship with Olivia
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
'I'll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?
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That she herself becomes the beloved
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.
In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are dormed by
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Lahab's doubtful morality
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.
The witnesses to the tears in the novel are
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.
The novel is largely set in
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The execution of some of the animals on the orders of Napoleon is to
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prevent snowball from coming back to the farm
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
The message of the novel is that
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no society exists where everyone is equal
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of
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Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.
Characterization in the play is
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This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.
The play is pre occupied with
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women liberation from males domination