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Question 111

jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger

The couple's marital crisis is aggravated by

AJimmy

BCliff

CHelena

DHugh

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Question 112

jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger

The protagonist in the play is

AAlison Porter

BCliff Lewis

CJimmy Porter

DColonel Redfern

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Question 113

jamb 2024

This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger

Alison and Jimmy are accommodated during the first month of their marriage by

AHugh Tanner

BNigel

CCliff

DWebster

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Question 114

jamb 2024

The question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel

The play is a

AComedy

BTragi-comedy

CFarce

DMelodrama

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Question 115

jamb 2024

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel

Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as

Aunholy

Billegal

Cbabaric

Dchildish

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Question 116

jamb 2024

Lawrence's "Bats" is a

Asarcasm

Bsatire

Cdramatic dialogue

Ddramatic monolgue

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Question 117

jamb 2024

"But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams"

The excerpt above from Angelou's "Caged Bird" implies that caged bird

Awill die

Bwill be frustrated

Cstands on its grave

Dwalks freely to actualise its dream

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Question 118

jamb 2024

The style of Chibuike's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is

Anarrative

Bmonologic

Creflective

Dpanegyric

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Question 119

jamb 2024

The poet persona in Donne's "The Good Morrow" reflects on

Aspiritual love

Bthe immortality of love

Cfalling in love

Dlove marriage

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Question 120

jamb 2024

Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is

Adramatic

Bsatiric

Cnarrative

Delegaic

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Question 121

jamb 2024

In Eliot's "Journey of the Magi", "six hands at an open door" is an example of

Asynecdoche

Birony

Calliteration

Dmetonymy

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Question 122

jamb 2024

Sesay's "The Song of the Woman of My Land" is a

Apolitical poem

Bgeographical poem

Csocial poem

Dpanegyric poem

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Question 123

jamb 2024

In Senghor's Black Woman, the dominant literary device is

Ahyperbole

Bpersonification

Csimile

Dmetaphor

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Question 124

jamb 2024

This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn.

Wachuk in the novel is

Athe cigarette seller

BNiyi's friend

CIdem's husband

Dthe alcohol seller

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Question 125

jamb 2024

This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn.

The setting of the novel is

ANigeria and Ghana

BNigeria and Togo

CGhana and Niger

DNigeria and Benin

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Question 126

jamb 2024

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

"Lonely road,
Not a star
Lonely road
Shadows far
And quiet"

Peter Abraham Lonely Road.

The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is

Aabcdec

Bababc

Cbabac

Daabbc

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Question 127

jamb 2024

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

"The commission has the power to investigate,
to conciliate to hold hearings, to order
reinstatement of a discharged employee, and
to direct the appointment of a qualified applicant"

The rhetorical device used in the excerpt above is

AIrony

BPersonification

CHyperbole

DParallelism

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Question 128

jamb 2024

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Football is the only sport on earth that can be considered truly global. Simple and inexpensive. it is equally likely to be found in a tight Marseille banlieue, an obscure corner of a Lagos slum, and the heart of a Buenos barrio. Marley's music is similarly universal...

According to the excerpt above, football is

Aplayed only in Lagos slums

Bfootballers like Marley's music

Cpopular but cheap

Da universal game

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Question 129

custom 2024

The struggle between opposing forces in a story is the

Atheme

Bsetting

Cconflict

Dplot twist

Question 130

custom 2024

Poetry is a form of literature written in

Astage direction

Bdialogue only

Cverse

Dprose

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