Jamb Literature in English 2022 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

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Another shoal of cars swam past.
One, in particular, caught his eyes, a long slender thing,
elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver;
a thousand guineas it would have cost, he thought.
In the first sentence, cars are described in terms of

A. Birds
B. Ants
C. Fish
D. Lampposts

Question 27:

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Pick out the odd item

A. A Raisin in the Sun
B. Twelfth Night
C. Ozidi
D. The Concubine

Question 28:

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That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. The mood conveyed here is one of ____________

A. Excitement
B. Sadness
C. Joy
D. Triumph

Question 29:

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One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy

A. Climax
B. Happy ending
C. Tragic hero
D. Alliteration

Question 30:

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A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is ____________

A. Hero
B. Opposition
C. Villain
D. Heroine