Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2001

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The most important concepts in poetry are

Astory and action
Bplot and rhythm
Crhythm and imagery
Dplot and character
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Question 12
jamb 2001

In Keats ' Ode on a Grecian Urn', the recurrent use of the rhetorical question in the lines above suggests

Aadmiration and amazement
Bconfusion and fear
Cshock and surprie
Dworry and sadness
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Question 13
jamb 2001

The rhyming pattern in the last stanza of Okigbo' s Hurrah for Thunder' makes the stanza

Aan octave
Ba quatrain
Ca couplet
Da sestet
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Question 14
jamb 2001

In Niyi Osundare' s ' They Too Are The Earth', the musical effect is achieved by

Arepetition
Bdouble rhymes
Cassonance
Dend rhymes
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Question 15
jamb 2001

Twelfth Night is preoccupied with the juxtaposition of

Adeath and disappointment
Bappearance and reality
Clife and disappointment
Dlove and death
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Question 16
jamb 2001

The traditional verse form of speech as dialogue in Twelfth Night is used to symbolize the

Aimpressiveness of the character
Bdistinction between verse and prose
Cfunction of poetry in the play
Dtraditionlity of the play
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Question 17
jamb 2001

Duke:
Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
Rather than make unprofited return.

Duke's statement above to Cesario means that he should

Amake trouble to see Olivia
Bjump the fence to see Olivia
Cshout to be seen and heard by Olivia
Dfortify himself against any denial to see Olivia
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Question 18
jamb 2001

Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid...

In the lines above, the character is

Aexpressing his unhappiness about death
Bexpressing his preference for a cypress coffin
Clamenting over his unreciprocated love
Dwishing for death to come
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Question 19
jamb 2001

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is almost an apple; 't is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.

The images in the quotation above express the speaker's

Acontempt and admiration
Bhatred and pity
Ccontempt and disregard
Ddisregard and pity
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Question 20
jamb 2001

The frequent intervention of the Director makes the stage experience of Morountodun very

Aprolonged
Bboring
Cinformal
Duncoordinated
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Question 21
jamb 2001

The war in Femi Osofisan's Morountondun symbolizes the struggle between the

Acapitalists and the socialists
Bbourgeoisie and the proleteriat
Cmarket women and the men
Dfarmers and the consumers
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Question 22
jamb 2001

The sub-plots of the play are united by

Aan interest in peace
Bthe audience participlation
Ca lack of focus
Da common concern for the heroine
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Question 23
jamb 2001

The character of Marshal in the play shows that

Ahuman beings are selfless
Bhuman beings are the same
Cmen love women
Dhuman beings love power
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Question 24
jamb 2001

The marriage of Adah and Francis collapses because of

AAdah's unifaithfulness to Francis
Bthe influence of British culture
CAdah's desire for personal fulfilment
Dexternal pressures on the couple
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Question 25
jamb 2001

Pa Noble became a living legend because

Aseveral conflicting stories were woven around him
Bhe attained the status of a first-class citizen
Che was the only successful son of a Benin chief
Dhe was rich and very generous
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Question 26
jamb 2001

Laye's first-person narrative techinique

Amakes the work very humorous
Bmakes his work less realistic
Cquickens the tempo of his narrative
Dmakes his story more believable
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Question 27
jamb 2001

The setting of The African Child is a kingdom with

AIslamic and modern traditions
Bpre-Islamic and Islamic traditions
Cpre-Islamic traditions
Dpre-Islamic and modern traditions
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Question 28
jamb 2001

Laye's stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a lot about

Ahis unwillingness to stay with his parents
Bhis affection for his uncle
Cthe strength of communal living in Africa
Dthe irresponsibility of his parents
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Question 29
jamb 2001

Santiago loses his catch to the sharks because

Athe blood attracts them
Bhe does not sail home early
Cthe sharks are predators
Dit is too dark
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Question 30
jamb 2001

The Old Man and the Sea epitomises

Athe relationship between a man and a fish
Bthe vain expectations of man
Clife on the high seas
Da fulfilled life
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