Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1831
jamb 1981

In the early days of the Durrell's sojourn on the island of Corfu, Gerry's most constant companion was

AChristaki
BRoger
CSpiro
DYani
ELarry
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Question 1832
jamb 1981

What Gerry liked most about Theodore Shephanides in My Family and Other Animals was his

Asmart apearance
Bdifference
Cgift of microscope
Dlovely tea parties
Einexhaustible knowledge.
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Question 1833
jamb 1981

In Zambia Shall Be Free although Kaunda was well settled and happy as a teacher at Lubwa, he was restless because

Ahis pay was poor
Bhe wanted to join the army
Che quarrelled with his wife often
Dhe wanted to break away and be on his own
Ehe liked to travel.
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Question 1834
jamb 1981

Zambia Shall Be Free is a

Abiography
Bautobiography
Cnovel
Dnovella
Eshort story.
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Question 1835
jamb 1981
'Tired teachers wipe
The chalk dust
On their faces
The school dam bursts
Ans floods of hungry children
Melt into their mother's bosoms'.

In this passage describing the end of the school day, children's movements are made memorable through the use, in lines 4-5 of
Asimile
Bmetaphor
Calliteration
Dcadence
Einversions.
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Question 1836
jamb 1981
'Now the bells are tolling
A year is dead.
And my heart is slowly beating
the Nunc Dimittis
to all my hopes and mute
yearnings of a year
and ghost hover round
dream beyond dream'.

For this poet, the passing year has
Abeen one of satisfaction and fulfilment
Bhas nothing to do with his personal life
Cbrought death to his relatives
Dmeant unrealized hopes
Ebrought changes
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Question 1837
jamb 1981
'The celebration is now ended
but the echoes are all around
whirling like a harmattan
whirl-wind throwing dust around
and hands cover faces and feet grope'

There are strong suggestions in the last lines that the occasion celebrated
Abrought peace to the land
Bdid not kead to joyful times
Cdid not recieve general approval
Dproduced more merriment
Eaffected climate conditions.
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Question 1838
jamb 1981
'During this speech the elders who didn't understand a word of what their learned secretary was saying nodded approval intermittently. When it was over the elders said yes, they had a learned man indeed, a man who could speak for them, a man who knew the wisdom of the old white people, not like the small boys nowadays who cant even read a telegram'.
In these passage the elders are presented as
Avery admireable people
Bdecent and honest
Cimpressed by the secretary
Dimpressively learned
Edistinctly progressive
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Question 1839
jamb 1981
'Had I the heaven's embroidered cloths; Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths of night and light and the half-lighgt i would spread the cloths under your feet: But |, being poor, have only my dreams; l have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams'.
The poet of these lines
Ashows cheap love
Bis incapable of seriousness
Cconsider heaven's cloth worthless
Dis a sensitive, serious lover
Eis an unrealistic, wishful man
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Question 1840
jamb 1981

'Such drizzling can go on for many days', she said in a dull voice. They both relapsed into silence, making a picture of bereaved children from whom life has suddenly lost warmth, colour and excitement. There was no fire in the hearth. The mood caught in this scene is one of

Aexcitement
Bwarmth
Chopefulness
Dhigh spirits
Esadness.
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Question 1841
jamb 1981

Which of the following statements best describes comedy

AA play in which no body dies
BA play which makes us laugh
Cplay in which the hero is a clown
Da play which end happily
Ea play which is not boring.
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Question 1842
jamb 1981

Drama is essentially different from poetry because

Aalways involve many characters
Bexist mainly in action
Cuses elevated language
Duses localized imagery
Edeals with tragic experience
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Question 1843
jamb 1981

Who accompanied Kongi on his retreat

AOba Danlola
BNo one
CSeyi
DDaodu
EThe secretary
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Question 1844
jamb 1981

In Kongi's Harvest, Wole Soyinka dramatizes

Athe fall of a great man
Bthe rise of a carpenters brigade
Cthe tragedy of Seyi
Dthe growth and development of political tyranny
Ethe distruction of a great African country
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Question 1845
jamb 1981

Part of the meaning of Kongi's Harvest lies in the fact that Kongi's final harvest is

Aa big yam
Brespect
Cdisaster
Dhonour
Efame
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Question 1846
jamb 1981

In Kongi's Harvest, there is a struggle for power between Kongi and

ADaudo
BOba Danlola
CSegi's father
Dthe Aweri fraternity
Ethe people
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Question 1847
jamb 1981

In As You Like It, the forest of Arden could symbolize

Apassion
Banxiety
Cgoodness
Dwealth
Epower
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Question 1848
jamb 1981

'Sweet are the uses of adversity
Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head'
The speaker of the above lines from As You Like It' is

AJacques
BOrlando
CAdams
DDuke senior
ELe Bosu.
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Question 1849
jamb 1981

Olivia hated Orlando because Orlando

Adefeacted charles in wrestling contest
Bwas in love with Rosalind
Cwas preferred by the people to himself
Dwas more educated than himself
Eran away from home
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Question 1850
jamb 1981

The banished Duke regained his kingdom when his brother Frederick

Awas defeated in battle
Bwas rejected by his people
Cdied on his way to the woods
Dwas converted by a religious man
Ebecame too old to rule
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