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Question 1

jamb 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Lift not the painted veil which those who live call

life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,

And it but mimic all we would believe

With colours idly spread - behind, lurk fear,'
P.B Shelley, Sonnet.

The stanza above is an example of a

Aquatrain

Bcouplet

Cfree verse

Dlimerick

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Question 2

jamb 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Careened,
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched,
I swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears

The tone of the poet is

Aoptimistic

Bsupplicatory

Csympathetic

Dpiteous

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Question 3

jamb 2001

The diction of Femi Osofisan's Morountodun can be described as

Apolitical and rhetorical

Barrogant and condemnatory

Curgent but apolitical

Dpoetic but difficult

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Question 4

jamb 2001

In Oswald Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto', night

Adrives man's enemy

Bfools man's enemy

Chides man's enemy

Daids man's enemy

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Question 5

jamb 2001

'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way;
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.'

In the lines above from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', the imagery is

Aof an approaching night in a rustic setting

Babout a village under a curfew one night

Cof an approaching death in a village

Dof a man abandoned in his homeward journey

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Question 6

jamb 2001

John Keats' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' expresses the idea that

Athe Grecian Urn is ancient

Bthe Grecian Urn is mysterious

Cevery work of art is beautiful

Dlife is long, art is longer

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Question 7

jamb 2001

In Rubadiri''s '' Stanley Meets Mutesa'', the poet portrays the hardship experienced by the explorer's party through

Avisual and verbal images

Bvisual and tactile images

Colfactory and visual images

Dauditory and olfactory images

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Question 8

jamb 2001

Browning's My Last Duchess apparently shows the Duke's

Ahatred for common love

Bdesire to marry beautiful women

Cappreciation of works of art

Dpraise of Fra Pandolf

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Question 9

jamb 2001

The major theme of Thomas Gray''s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'' is that death renders life

Ameaningless for the rich

Bmeaningful for the poor

Cmeaningless for all

Dmeaningful for all

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Question 10

jamb 2001

From the tone of Wole Soyinka's 'Telephone Conversation', the two persons talking hold each other in

Amutual suspicion

Bdeep affection

Chigh esteem

Doutright contempt

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Question 11

jamb 2001

In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the

Arole of spirits in a carnival

Bpreparation for a carnival

Crole of drumming and dancing in a carnival

Drole of sycophancy and bad leadership

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Question 12

jamb 2001

Tanure Ojaide's The Owl Wakes Us portrays a society that is

Aunstable

Bhunted by the owl

Cgripped with fear

Dpeaceful

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Question 13

jamb 2001

The theme of Browning's My Last Duchess' is

Aan aristocrats's marital problems

Bthe pitfalls of a duchess now dead

Can ambassador's personal life

Dthe pride and arrogance of an aristocrat

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Question 14

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The technique in which both the stage and the auditorium are involved in a lay production is called

Atheatre of the absurd

Brole-playing

Caudience participation

Dtotal theatre

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Question 15

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a

Adiary

Bnovel

Cnovella

Dshort story

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Question 16

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Catharsis is experienced

Aafter one has written a play

Bwhen a play is still being staged

Cbefore watching a play

Dafter watching a play

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Question 17

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A farce refers to a drama that has elements of the

Aserious

Bcomic

Csatiric

Dtragic

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Question 18

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The overwhelming pride that destroys the tragic hero is called

Atragedy

Bnemesis

Ccatharsis

Dhubris

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Question 19

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The flat character in a literary work

Ais the same as the round character

Bcannot be found in an allegory

Cis capable of growing

Dalways embodies a quality

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Question 20

jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The literary device which anticipates that an event will take place is best described as

Aforeshadowing

Brising action

Cflashback

Dparody

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