Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Monometer is a
Asingle meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
Bline repeated in the first syllable of a word
Csingle foot used in John Milton's sonnets
Dline of verse consisting of a metrical foot
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Question 12
jamb 2007

In Clark's Agbor Dancer, the the poet watches the dancer with

Aspite
Bdespair
Cnostalgia
Drhapsody
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Question 13
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is

Aa fictional character
Ba stock character
Ca rounded character
Dan antagonist
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Question 14
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Odia Ofeimuun's We must Learn Again to Fly, the use of 'we' gives the poem a

Auniversal appeal
Bpersonifying effect
Csymbolic undertone
Ddramatic sensation
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Question 15
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is

Aoptimistic
Bpessimistic
Cromantic
Dsarcastic
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Question 16
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The concern of the poet in Serenade is to

Aboast about the lover's wealth
Bappeal to the lady in question
Cexamine the gloomy side of marriage
Dexpress the lady's sense of grief
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Question 17
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Brutus'A Troubadour I Traverse, the poet juxtaposes

Alove with hatred
Bdefiance with submission
Csuffering with pleasure
Dsafety with danger
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Question 18
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

The use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the

Aanger of the peasants
Bbeauty of the poem
Cdistressed mood of the persona
Darrangement of the stanzas
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Question 19
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Senghor's I will pronounce Your Name, 'cinnamon'is significant for its

Adramatic irony
Bbotanical allusion
Colfactory image
Dextended metaphor
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Question 20
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

In Milton's On His Blindness, the poet's attitude towards his blindness is one of

Aanger
Bsorrow
Cfortitude
Dapathy
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Question 21
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poem from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

In Keats' On the Grasshopper and Cricket, the frost of winter evenings is said to cause

Aviolence
Bluxury
Csilence
Dloneliness
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Question 22
jamb 2007

The person in Houseman's To an Athlate Dying Young addressed the dead athlete using

Amonologue
Bapostrophe
Cdialogue
Dadmonition
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Question 23
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments
In the novel, the most prominent from of literature used is

Amyth
Bdrama
Cpoetry
Dfolktale
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Question 24
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments
It can be safely assumed that the novel is

Aculturally simple
Bstructurally complex
Cnaturally simple
Dphysically revlevant
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Question 25
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments
The outdooring ceremony of Araba's child, fixed for the fifth day after his birth, is opposed to by Naana because the child

Ais reincarnated in the father
Bis still in the custody of the spirits
Cmakes the spirits angry
Dneeds the uncle's support
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Question 26
jamb 2007

This question is based on Ademiluyi's The New Man.
The metamorphosis that takes place in the novel is manly due to

Adisillusionment
Bgreed and avarice
Clove and affection
Dselfishness
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Question 27
jamb 2007

The novel is remarkable for the author's use of 

Adigression and rubric
Bintrigues and metaphors
Csetting and design
Dsuspense and irony
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Question 28
jamb 2007

When do Ayo and his mother stop begging for alms?

AAs soon as Ayo becomes the cocoa inspector
BShortly before the beggars strike
CAs soon as his mother starts kickiung against it.
DAfter their contemptuous treatment at the hands of Layeni
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Question 29
jamb 2007

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
Mrs.Joan Durbeyfield is portrayed as

Areticent and deeply emotional
Bstrong-willed and boisterous
Cpretentious and calculating
Dfastidious and overbearing
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Question 30
jamb 2007
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
Tess of the d'Urbrvilles is an interrogation of the Victorian period's
Adouble standard
Bconcept of love
Cideas about women
Dcelebration of industrialization
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