*50 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH JAMB PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWER*📚📝🧠 1-A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as _________? A. characteristics B. allegory C. metaphor D. parallelism 2-Characterisation in a novel refers to the _____? A. writer's opinion of the characters B. way the characters are revealed to the reader C. characters and the way they behave D. reader's opinion of the character 3-In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a _________? A. device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says B. situation in which a character speaks or acts against the tread of events C. difficult situation which defies a local or rational resolution D. device in which the actor act on stage 4-In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called_________? A. aside B. soliloquy C. acoustic D. tone 5-Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of _________ A. movement and gesture for the screen and audience B. speech, movement and gesture for the stage only C. speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio D. speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio 6-A poet‘s use of regular rhythm is known as _______? A. allegory B. assonance C. metre D. onomatopoeia 7-A literacy genre which directly imitates human actions is______? A. Drama B. comedy C. Prose D. Poetry 8-A fable is a story in which________? A. allegations are made about characters B. animal is or things are used as characters C. there is an important setting D. the story is told in poetic form 9-The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is_________? A. euphemism B. synecdoche C. catharsis D. oxymoron 10-The main aim of caricature is to_______? A. describe B. expose C. emphasise D. ridicule 11-The question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son Bigger kills Mary due to______? A. Fear B. Hatred C. Envy D. Distrust 12-The question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son Weekly, Bigger is to be paid_________? A. Twenty Dollars B. Twenty Five Dollars C. Thirty Dollars D. Thirty Five Dollars 13-The question is based on Richard Wright’s NATIVE SON Mr Dalton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are A. together B. servant in the white family C. educated D. given some respect 14-The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS Widows mourning in Kofi wear garments that are________??? A. White B. Red C. Black D. Green 15-The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS In the novel, bage cap signifies everlasting ________? A. happiness B. sorrow C. freedom D. despair 16-The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS Yaremi's only son is______? A. Alani B. Wande C. Olode D. Deyo 17-The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at comp" The device used in the line above is__________ A. Simile B. Pun C. Metaphor D. Paradox 18-The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO Othello kills Desdemona because the_______ A. former is jealous B. former's race is insulted C. latter is a witch D. latter is an idol 19-The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________ A. he prefers lago B. Othello is a moor C. Rodgerigo woos her first D. Desdemona is too young 20-The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO "Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of A. Travelling B. Sick C. Dying D. Eloping 21-The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO "O heaven; How got she out? O treason of the blood! Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds By what you see them act. Is there not charms By which the property of youth and maid-hood May be abused? The speaker of the excerpt above is________ A. Brabantio B. Othello C. Gratiano D. Roderigo 22-Use the following excerpt to answer the question. "I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall share with me this little bed. And make me, from my sweet dreams be lost, by sucking blood from my poor head... Mbure: "To Bed-Bug" The lines are an example of a________? A. limerick B. lampoon C. light verse 23-Use the following excerpt to answer the question. "I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall share with me this little bed. And make me, from my sweet dreams be lost, by sucking blood from my poor head... Mbure: "To Bed-Bug" The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________ A. metaphor B. simile C. personification D. hyperbole 24-Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits Your ears are like the fans used for blowing fire. The lines above are a good example of_________ A. caricature B. ridicule C. satire D. lampoon 25-How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him... The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_________ A. anger B. alienation C. hope D. despair 26-"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth" Wole Soyinka: "Night". Night children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of__________ A. birds B. armed robbers C. animals D. spirit beings 27-Serrated Shadows, through dark leaves, Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dapped cells sensation pained me, faceless, silent as night thieves Wole Soyinka: "Night" The dominant mood in the lines above is one at____________ A. apprehension B. defiance C. joy D. indifference 28-"The drum overwhelmed the guns..." J.P Clark: "Casualties" The poet in the excerpt above uses A. litotes B. symbolism C. onomatopoeia D. aliteration 29-"... They do not see the funeral plies, At home eating up the forests..." J.P Clark: “Casualties" The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through______ A. Metaphor B. Personification C. Synecdoche D. Metonymy 30-“I cannot rest from travel: I will drink, life to the lees, all times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly”. A.L. Tennyson: “Ulysses” The lines above inform the reader that the poet A. Is determined to suffer B. Has his poetic imagination kindled C. Will cure his sour mood D. Will not drink much 31-He who writes a prose is a__________? A. Poet B. Writer C. Author D. Actor 32-In drama, the protagonist is ________ A. the writer of the drama B. the leading character C. the “nice guy” D. the actor 33-Tension between the protagonist and the antagonist is called______ A. Climax B. Concrete C. Conflict D. Confident 34-The phrase “living death” in a literary work is an example_____________ A. Synecdoche B. Prose C. Oxymoron D. Aside 35-Group of lines are called _____ A. Sentences B. Stanzas C. Danzas D. Line Grouping 36-A literary device in which parts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction Is known as__________ A. Simile B. Aside C. Parallelism D. Irony 37-"Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of___________? A. Alliteration B. Rhyme C. Satire D. Digression 38-What does the playwright do? A. Writes a poem B. Writes a book C. Writes a play D. Directs a drama 39-Which of these is the meaning of “CAST”? A. a list of all characters in a drama B. what the character is saying C. the person who writes the drama D. a list of protagonists in a drama 40-The writer of a poem is called__________? A. Author B. Poet C. Writer D. Narrator 41-This element shows how sections are separated into parts with numbers and titles_____________ A. Paragraph B. Theme C. Chapters D. Characters 42-These elements are sections of text within a chapter, they are separated and contain dialogue_____________ A. Syncopation B. Free Verse C. Paragraphs D. Euphony 43-A folk-tale is a__________? A. Novel B. Work Of Fiction C. Biography D. Novelette 44-In drama, the antagonist is_____________ A. the director of the drama B. the evil witch C. the character opposing the lead character D. the “harsh guy 45-_____________refers to time and place of a drama? A. place B. scene C. setting D. act 46-A “sub-chapter” in a piece of drama is a______________ A. Act B. Setting C. Verse D. Scene 47-What structure is poetry written in? A. sentences and paragraphs B. sentences and stanzas C. lines and paragraphs D. lines and stanzas 48-''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates_________ A. inversion B. paradox C. humor D. mood 49-Define “rhyme”? A. comparing two things using “like” or “as” B. the repetition of a letter C. the repetition of an ending sound D. the repetition of vowel sounds 50-Which element of drama tells the actor what to do? A. dialogue B. stage directions C. cast D. scenes