Literature in English JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

43

Pick out the odd one

  • A. Metaphor
  • B. Characterization
  • C. Personification
  • D. Rythm
  • E. Simile
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44

A good plot must posses

  • A. many exciting events
  • B. good,interesting characters
  • C. a pleasant setting
  • D. intrigue
  • E. single,complete and ordered action
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45

A novel can be described as

  • A. a narration of facts
  • B. a story
  • C. a brief description of a concept or point of view
  • D. an extended prose narrative covering a wide range of characters and experience
  • E. a narration of an incedent
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46

‘Exposition’ in a play means

  • A. the initial unfolding of the necessary background of the play
  • B. its climax
  • C. the marriage of the hero and heroine
  • D. the untangling of the plot
  • E. the private speech of a character
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47

The dominant feeling in Leopold Sedar Senghor’s ‘In Memoriam’ is

  • A. happiness
  • B. nostalgia
  • C. sadness
  • D. despair
  • E. hatred
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48

Mr Johnson always buys beautiful things for his wife Bamu because

  • A. he has plenty of money
  • B. he loves to see beautiful things onher
  • C. she demands them from him
  • D. his friends buy such things for their wives
  • E. they are always cheap
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49

Which of these secondary characters stands out from the others in the development of the action in Ozidi?

  • A. Ofe
  • B. Azezabife
  • C. Oguaran
  • D. Agbogidi
  • E. Odogu
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50
From the novel; Tell Freedom

In ‘Tell Freedom’ injustice is symbolized by

  • A. the author's life at Elsburg
  • B. Peter's friendship with Anne
  • C. the Indian provison shops
  • D. the sign'Reserved for Europeans Only'
  • E. the activities of the street gangs
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