1998 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4

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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
'''I, Michael Henchard, on this morning;..., do take an oath before God here in this Solemn place...
And this I swear upon the book before me;... !''
The oath above is taken when
A
Henchard gets married to Susan
B
Henchard collects five guineas as the prize for Susan
C
Henchard swears to stop taking strong liquros
D
Newson returns Susan to Henchard
correct option: c
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
The statement, 'Time the magician, had wrought much here' is made when
A
Susan Newson sees Henchard at Casterbridge
B
Elizabeth-Jane discovers her true father
C
Farfrae gets married to Elizabeth-Jane
D
Farfrae becomes the Mayor of Casterbridge
correct option: a
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
The statement, 'Time the magician, had wrought much here' is made when
A
Susan Newson sees Henchard at Casterbridge
B
Elizabeth-Jane discovers her true father
C
Farfrae gets married to Elizabeth-Jane
D
Farfrae becomes the Mayor of Casterbridge
correct option: a
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Mrs. Newson refuses to reward the furmity seller for disclosing the whereabout of Henchard because she
A
has little money for her
B
condisers the trade in furmity unscrupulous
C
thinks it is not respectable to talk to the old women
D
has learned what she wanted from the old woman
correct option: a
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
By allowing Henchard to get drunk and sell off his wife, Hardy makes the point that
A
life is valueless
B
drinking is disastrous
C
Henchard is unpredictable
D
cruelty is part of life
correct option: b
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Hardy makes the novel realistic by
A
interspersing humour with seious narration
B
denying the characters any from of transformation
C
adhering strictly to autolographical facts
D
narrating the story in the first person
correct option: a
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Persona refers to the
A
central character in a play
B
voice of the character
C
the image a character presents
D
the personality of a character
correct option: c
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The three main unities in drama are those of
A
action, time and place
B
time, space and action
C
place, time and space
D
space, action and time
correct option: a
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that morns for the
A
deceased
B
beeaved
C
accused
D
king
correct option: a
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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
A
short verses
B
rhythmic verses
C
free verses
D
irregular verses
correct option: c
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