Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2006

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Ghost serves to

Aaccelerate dramatic conflict
Bintensify dramatic conflict
Cinitiate dramatic conflict
Dcomplicate dramatic conflict
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Question 12
jamb 2006

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The king who is poisoned in the Garden in the play-within-the-play is

AGozango
BNegtine
CBernardo
DHamlet
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Question 13
jamb 2006

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
Boateng describes the writers' studio as a place where

Awriters have been sold
Bwriters work hard at their writings
Cpeople discuss real writing
Dwriting materials are sold
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Question 14
jamb 2006

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah''s Fragments.

The Baako ultimately goes mad indicates that

Athe visionary is usually a sacrificial lamb
Bsociety is incurable
Cman is a fateful being
Dthe evils that men do live after them
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Question 15
jamb 2006

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
The message State Express 555 is an advertisement for

Aan imported alcoholicdrink
Ba brand of elitist cigrette
Ca newly commissioned road network
DGold Coast Transport Corporation
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Question 16
jamb 2006

This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi''sThe New Man

In terms of religion, the people of Ipaja can be described as

Aconformists
Bliberals
Cfanatics
Dpuritans
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Question 17
jamb 2006

This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi'sThe New Man
After listening to the soldiers' conversation, the convict decides to

Aget in touch with his relation immediately
Bhide in the bush for one day and later contact Laoye Layeni
Chide in the bush for one week and later contact Sade
Dcontact his friends who arrange his movement
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Question 18
jamb 2006

This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi'sThe New Man
The tension generated at Ipaja and Iwuya early in the novel is a result of

AProphet Elijah's trance
BBadejo's antigraft posture
Cthe campaign for parliamentary election
Dthe increase in cocoa prices
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Question 19
jamb 2006

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's
The theme of chance is graphically demonstrated by the

Ameeting of Parson Tringham and Mr Durbeyfield
Brape scene
Csudden return of Angel Clare from Brazil
Ddeath of Tess'child
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Question 20
jamb 2006

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's
Most of Tess'misery as a girl-mother comes from the thought of

Aherselfas the parent of a nameless child
Bthe world's concern about her breaking social law
Cherself as a spouseless mother
Dher inexperience in childcare
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Question 21
jamb 2006

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's
The death of Prince can be said to

Aportray Tess as a fated character
Breveal the family's total dependence on the animal
Ccause Tesas'misfortunes
Dforeshadow Tess'ultimate fate
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Question 22
jamb 2006

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Angel Clare prefers Tess to Mercy Chant as a wife because she

Ais an accomplished lady
Bis from a very god family
Cunderstands farm life
Dis a good Christian
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Question 23
jamb 2006
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'You are the cold nests
In which the migrant bird lays no eggs.'
Kittobbe: To the Childless

The device used in the excerpt above is
Asynecdoche
Bimagery
Cmetaphor
Dirony
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Question 24
jamb 2006
This question is on Literary Appreciation
'... Not a few of us ended our application letters like this:. If you are kind enough to accommodate this humble application, Sir/Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my disposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant...'Yet without English, you had no education fit for a white collar job.'
Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys
The tone of the passage above is
Aderisive
Bironic
Cmelancholic
Dharsh
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Question 25
jamb 2006
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation.
'I am jealous and passionate like Jehovah, God of the Jews;
J.P Clark: Olokun
A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is
Asimile
Bhyperbole
Cmetaphor
Dparadox
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Question 26
jamb 2006

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation.
'Your no-good pig, and here I am feeding him everyday letting him sleep in my house. I got a knife from the kitchen. I am going to kill that pig.'
Patricia Melo: The Killer
The speaker in the excerpt above is trying to

Abrace himself up for the action
Breport the pig before killing it
Ccontemplate the killing of the pig
Djustify the action of killing the pig
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Question 27
jamb 2006
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation.
'On the broken walls,
Bats hang away from the sun
Shadows of an ancient stranger
Cast their presence over our shoulders
A pathway leads to the abandoned gate.'

Mazisi Kunene: The Fearful Ruin
The dominant mood in the excerpt above is that of
Aexhilaration
Bpleasure
Crage
Dterror
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Question 28
jamb 2006
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground,
And tell sad stories of the death of kings;
How some have been deposed, some slain in war
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed,
All murdered;

William Shakespeare:King Richard II
The subject matter of the speech above is
Aregicide
Bsuicide
Cinfanticide
Dparricide
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Question 29
jamb 2006
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
' 'O fleeting gleam of noon dream You incense my clothed cream!
Tony E. Afejuku: An Orchard of Wishes
The literary device used in the lines above is
Arepetition
Brefrain
Cconsonance
Dassonance
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Question 30
jamb 2006
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'It was not the apple that tempted Eve, but this grapefruit; thus did maren revise the tale of Paradise Lost, and even Chris, shocked as he was at such blasphemy,confessed himself tempted to agree whenever maren returned from raiding the Principal's compound, with a shirtful of booty to share, especially on a hot afternoon.'
Wole Soyinka: Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir
The passage above achieves a mock-heroic effect through the use of
Ameiosis
Bepigram
Callusion
Dsymbolism
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