Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1
jamb 1979

Point out the odd item in this list

ARomeo and Juliet
BOzidi
CTom Sawyer
DA Raisin in the Sun
EKongi's Harvest
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Question 2
jamb 1979

The most quarrelsome character in Romeo and Juliet is

ABenvolio
BTybalt
CParis
DMercutio
EJuliet's nurse
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Question 3
jamb 1979
A woman cried out.The policeman who was edging nearer had been joined by another.Both were edging nearer.Carefully and slowly.But it was not that that had made the woman cry out.She had seen one of the men's hand slip.He was now holding on by one hand only.The crowd was tense.This was the Kill.Automatically they moved forward in a body.The doctor was in the lead.
The author of this passage creates in the reader
Adisbelief
Ba feeling of nostalgia
Ca feeling of light hearted relaxation
Dsuspense
Eunconcern
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Question 4
jamb 1979
The woods decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapors weep their burden to the ground,
Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,
And after many a summer dies the swan.
The theme of these lines is
Athe falling of leaves
Bthe ground on which the leaves fall
Cman as a farmer
Dthe power of death over every life
Ethe flight of birds in certain reasons
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Question 5
jamb 1979

Kenneth Kaunda's Zambia Shall Be Free is a non-fictional work because

Ait is about politics
Bit has no characters
Cit evokes no feelings
Dit is not written by a novelist
Eit deals with real life events
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Question 6
jamb 1979

Our attitude to the hero of George Elliot's Silas Marner is one of

Acontempt
Bfear
Csympathy
Dhatred
Enone of the above
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Question 7
jamb 1979
In a 'Portrait', a poet writes:
At mankind's feast,i take my place
In solemn,sanctimonious state,
And have the air of saying grace
While i defile the dinner plate.
The tone of this passage may be described as
Asolemn
Bself-mocking
Cdead earnest
Dserious
Eangry
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Question 8
jamb 1979

Peter Abraham's Mine Boy is about one of the following

Aopression through labour
Bthe dignity of labour
Chappy childhood
Dconflict of the culture
Enone of the above
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Question 9
jamb 1979

We returned to our places,these kingdoms ,
But no longer at ease here,in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their goods.
I should be glad of another death.

The author of these lines is

AW.B. Yeats
BChinua Achebe
CThomas Hardy
DT.S. Elliot
EE.G. Okara
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Question 10
jamb 1979

Mtchali's 'Nightfall in Soweto'is about one of the following

Amoonlight play at night
Bdisease that attacks the body
Ca man fighting against a dangerous animal
Dan animal attacking a helpless man
Ea wicked man opressing a helpless man
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Question 11
jamb 1979

Kontiki Expedition demonstrates human

Arashness
Bwastefulness
Ctactlessness
Dcourage
Erecklessness
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Question 12
jamb 1979

In Kossoh Town Boy,the hero presents his father as

Atyrannical
Bdespotic
Cstrict
Dweak
Eselfish
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Question 13
jamb 1979

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer depicts Tom's

Anaivety
Bcrass stupidity
Cingenuity
Dhard heartedness
Eriches
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Question 14
jamb 1979
She rose up.She walked up to the table.She stirred up the food once more,and lifted it up from the hot plate.She picked up the second pan and placed it on the red coils.From underneath,in the cardboard box,she collected two enamel plates green with a red band.she wiped them with a white napkin hanging on the line over the bed.she brought out two forks and two spoons.
By using details, the author of the above passage makes the scene
Amonotonous
Bunattractive
Crealistic
Dbewildering
Estrange
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Question 15
jamb 1979

Modern African Stories
In Alex la Guma's A Matter of Taste, it is a matter of taste to eat exactly what you want because

Athat is your own favourite choice
Byou can afford it
Cfriends can always get it for you
Dyou can always have it as bonus at work
Eyour taste is always available
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Question 16
jamb 1979

In 'Night',Soyinka describes night as

Ahorrifying
Bterrifying
Cprotective
Dsoothing
Eboth protective and terrifying
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Question 17
jamb 1979

In 'Telephone Conversation', the tone of the question 'You mean-like plain or milk chocolate? is

Asarcastic
Bcomplimentary
Cadmissive
Dpleading
Ecommanding
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Question 18
jamb 1979

In Birago Diop's 'Vanity',these two lines 'Sad complaining voices of beggars
Who indeed will hear them without laughter?'contain

Aan exaggeration
Ba hyperbole
Ca paradox
Dan understatement
Ean illogicallity
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Question 19
jamb 1979

In 'The Executioner's Dream',the first line 'I dream I saw an eye,a pretty eye' is

Aironical
Bcomplimentary
Cexclamatory
Drhetorical
Einterrogatory
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Question 20
jamb 1979

The Concubine
'Ihuoma,my child' Wigwe began at last,'really i ought to have come here with more people,but i have avoided formalities because i want to spare myself any embarrassment.Formalities will come later if all goes well'.
Wigwe has come to Ihuoma in order to

Amarry her clandestinely
Bgain her consent before coming with relations
Cpersuade her to marry his own son
Ddissuade her from marrying his own son
Einquire about her health
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