Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1231
waec 2001

A short poem expressing intense emotions and usually sung is a/an

Aode
Bpastoral
Celegy
Dlyric
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Question 1232
waec 2001

A piece of writing about oneself is a/an

Aautobiography
Bbiography
Cautography
Dmimeography
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Question 1233
waec 2001

Pick out the odd item

AActors
BStage
CDialogue
DChapters
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Question 1234
waec 2001

Poetry differs from prose by its use of

Asong
Bcondensed language
Cflat character
Drhythm
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Question 1235
waec 2001

A play is watched by a/an

Acongregation
Bgroup
Caudience
Dentourage
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Question 1236
waec 2001

A seemingly absurd statement is a/an

Aclimax
Banti-climax
Chyperbole
Dparadox
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Question 1237
waec 2001

The genres of Literature are

Adialogue, stage and actng
Bprose, tales and verse
Cprose, poetry and drama
Ddrama, actors and poetry
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Question 1238
waec 2001

One of the following plays is based on the mistakes of a night

AThe Gods are not to Blame
BThe marriage of Anansewa
CArms and the Man
DShe stoops to Conquer
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Question 1239
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 1240
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 1241
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 1242
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 1243
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 1244
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 1245
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 1246
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 1247
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 1248
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 1249
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 1250
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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