Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1821
jamb 1981

When Kofi's grandparents in The Narrow Path learnt that Nani wanted to marry Edzi, they

Adid not approve
Bmade her change her religion
Ccongratulated him
Dwelcomed Edzi with open arms
Edisowned him
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Question 1822
jamb 1981

Leah was finally arrested by the police because she

Awas betrayed by an enemy
Bwas outwitted by the Fox
Cdid not offer a big enough bribe to the police
Dbribed the wrong person
Ebecame too militant.
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Question 1823
jamb 1981

Peter Abraham's Mine Boy can be described as a

Aregional novel
Bdetective novel
Cromatic novel
Dnovel of social critism
Ehistorical novel.
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Question 1824
jamb 1981

Which of the following characters was assassinated by an unknown assailant in 'Mine Boy'

ADaddy
BMa plank
CDladla
Dchris
EJohannes
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Question 1825
jamb 1981

At mines where Xuma worked, the workers were

Asatisfied
Bconfused
Crebellious
Doverworked
Erespected.
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Question 1826
jamb 1981

When Xuma talked to Di about Eliza, she

Ashe thought Eliza was like her inside
Bagreed that Eliza was unreasonable
Cwas amused
Dwas offended
Ebelieved Xuma was very knowledgeable
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Question 1827
jamb 1981

'The Myth of the Bagre' is an example of

Aa dream world
Ba narrative poem of initiation
Ca poem in praise of manly prowess
Da poem recited at marriage festivals
Ea poem sacred to the memory of ancestors
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Question 1828
jamb 1981

S.T. Colerige's 'Khan' is a poem about

Aa dream world
Bthe world of demon lovers
Cthe river Alph
Da sunless sea
Esunny spots of greenery.
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Question 1829
jamb 1981

In Lord Tennyson's 'Ulysses'the phrase 'happy lsles' refers to

Athe abode of the dead
Bthe palace of Achilles
Cthe abode of the Gods
Dthe ringing plants of windy Troy
Ethe land of the idle king.
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Question 1830
jamb 1981

In Rubadiri's 'Stanley meets Mutesa' Mtu Mweupe Karibu means

Awhiteman, you are a man of excellent calibre
Bwhiteman stay in peace with us
Cwhiteman, you are welcome
Dwhiteman go back to your country
Ewhiteman here are cables for you
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Question 1831
jamb 1981

The word 'Fence' in peter's poem 'The Fence'symbolizes

Aracial prejudice
Bfalsehood
Ctruth
Dmoral indecision
Esocial classes.
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Question 1832
jamb 1981

The night is significant in 'Nightfall in Soweto' because

Apeople stay in their houses
Bcrimes are committed at night
Cthe people can rest their tired bones at night
Dblack people are persecuted even in their own homes at night
Enight brings alot of enjoyment
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Question 1833
jamb 1981

''Troubadour, I Traverse all my land exploring all her wide flung parts with zest probing in motion sweeter far than rest her secret thickets with an amorous hand''.

The above lines from Brutus 'poem' A Troubadour l Traverse'indicate that the poet

Ais a traveller
Ban explorer who collect things
Cenjoys amorous adventures
Dloves a woman
Ehas a deep-rooted love for his country
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Question 1834
jamb 1981

The main idea suggests in Kalu Uka's poem 'Earth To Earth

Adeath and burial
Bman's mortality
Cthe changes in seasons
Dthe propitiation of ancestors
Ethe falling od dew-drops.
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Question 1835
jamb 1981

In these lines from Keats 'Ode to a Nightingale'
'The heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense as though of hemlock I had drunk Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains one minute past and Lethe-wards had sunk',
the poet uses

Aalternative rhymes
Bheroic couplet
Cbank verse
Doctosyllabic metre
Eterza rima.
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Question 1836
jamb 1981

In 'Salute to the Elephant', the poet

Awarns about the danger of elephants
Btells the story of Elephants
Cdescribes the attributes of the elephants
Dshows where to find elephants
Ewants the destructions of elephants
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Question 1837
jamb 1981

The clouds were thickening in the red sky
And night and charmed
A black power into the pounding waves...'
The figure of speech used in these lines from Kwesi
Brew's 'The Sea Eats Our Land's is

Aoxymoron
Bpersonification
Cmetaphor
Dsimile
Esynecocdoche.
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Question 1838
jamb 1981
As the magi journey towards their destination, voices singing in their understand was
Aworthwhile
Buncertain
Cfoolish
Dwise
Ecommendable.
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Question 1839
jamb 1981

'For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share'.
In these lines from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a country churchyard' the poet is referred to

Aa ployman and the herd
Bthe rich people of the village
Cthe congregation of the church
Dthe politicians
Eall those buried in the graveyard
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Question 1840
jamb 1981

Naipaul's The Middle Passage is best described as

Aa novel
Ba tragic play
Can autobiography
Da satire
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