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2006 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A humorous scene, incident or speech in the course of a serious fiction or drama is a

A
play-within-the-play
B
comic scene
C
comic relief
D
tragi-comedy
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A travelogue is

A
the account of the travails of a character in novle
B
a record of the writer's experiences during a journey
C
a variant of a novel written in a free style on a writer's journey
D
the account of the experiences of an indiviual during his lifetime
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Flash back in a literary work help to

A
fill the missing link
B
reveal the characters'mindsets
C
place the story in proper perspective
D
relate events that are extraneous to the story
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An address to a metaphysical source of inspiration by a poet is called

A
clairvoyance
B
inspiration
C
invocation
D
nemesis
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A complex plot can be described as the plot structure that has

A
multiple scenes
B
strands of events runnings concurrently
C
well-developed characters
D
an abstract subject and setting
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

A
rhythm
B
tetrametre
C
assonance
D
caesura
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The sides of a stage are called

A
the ways
B
both sides
C
the pits
D
the wings
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This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

The character attributes of Attahiru qualify him as

A
an egocentric partriot
B
a Muslim fanatic
C
a religious martyr
D
a political revolutionary
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

In We must learn Again to Fly; Ofeimum exhorts the reader

A
not to lose hope in the face of adversity
B
to enjoy his success
C
to give up if he does not succeed
D
to work harder even if he succeeds
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

Keats' on the Grasshopper and Cricket is best described as

A
romantic
B
medieval
C
metaphysical
D
platonic
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