Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 1978

In Wole Soyinka's poem,'I Think It Rains' rain symbolizes

Athe rise of sudden cloud from ashes
Bloosening of parched tongues from the mouth
Cinconveniences
Drelief,and a feeling of goodness
Enone of these
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Question 12
jamb 1978

Achebe's language and style in No Longer At Ease is remarkable

Afor its short and simple sentences
Bfor its day-to-day expressions
Cfor its reflection of the speech of the ordinary man
Dfor using the speech style of most African communities
Efor reflecting the speech patterns of the different segments of the Nigerian society
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Question 13
jamb 1978

The old and new values in No Longer At Ease are represented by

AThe European Club and Joseph
BObi and Clara
CThe Umuofia Progressive Union and Obi
DMr Green and Miss Williamson
Enone of the above
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Question 14
jamb 1978

Ihuoma cannot be a successful wife in The Concubine because

Ashe is troublesome and cruel
Bthe sea god,her spirit husband has put a curse on her
Cnobody wishes to marry her in the village
Dshe is too old to bear children
Eshe is a widow
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Question 15
jamb 1978

In Twelfth Night
'If music be the food of love,play on
Give me excess of it,that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and die'
was spoken by

ACurio
BValentine
COrsino
DAntonio
ESir Andrew
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Question 16
jamb 1978

As a character,Ozidi,in J.P Clark's play of that name,is ruined by

Atoo great interest in women
Btoo much love of peace
Cexcessive belief in his own powers
Dtoo great dependence on his grand-mother
Ethe wickedness of his enemies
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Question 17
jamb 1978

One of the statements is true of the novel:

Ait is an exact reproduction of historical events
Bcharacters are unimportant in it
Cit is always the story of the Author's life
Dit deals with human experience
Eit does not make use of imagery
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Question 18
jamb 1978

One of the following is a narrative technique in a novel

Acharacter
Binteresting story
Cflashback
Dlogical conclusion
Esocial relevance
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Question 19
jamb 1978

A good poem must

Abe about love
Bhave a regular rythm
Crhyme
Dbe difficult to understand
Enone of the above
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Question 20
jamb 1978

Dialogue is important in drama because

Ait always makes the audience laugh
Bit is like a conversation
Cit reveals the minds of the characters
Dit makes the play last longer on the stage
Eit makes the characters honest
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Question 21
jamb 1978

One of the peculiar features of drama in general is

Ahumour
Bsatire
Csarcasm
Daction
Eexposition
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Question 22
jamb 1978

One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy:

Aclimax
Bhappy ending
Ctragic hero
Dalliteration
Estanza
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Question 23
jamb 1978

"That year, the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself".

The mood conveyed here is one of

Aexcitement
Bsadness
Cjoy
Dtriumph
Eelation
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Question 24
jamb 1978

An image in poetry usually gives a clue to one of the following:

Arhyme
Bassonance
Cparadox
Dtheme
Erefrain
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Question 25
jamb 1978

Point out the odd item:

ARaisin in the sun
BTwelfth Night
COzidi
DThe Concubine
ERomeo and Juliet
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Question 26
jamb 1978

Another shoal of cars swam past. One in particular caught his eye, a long slender thing, elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver, a thousand guineas it would have cost, he thought.

In the first sentence, cars are described in terms of

Abirds
Bants
Cfish
Dlamp-posts
Epretty girls
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Question 27
jamb 1978

The Comstocks belonged to the most dismal of all classes, the middle-middle class, the landless gentry. In their miserable poverty, they had not even the snobbish consolation of regarding themselves as an 'old' family fallen on evil days.....

This writer's tone is

Amelancholic
Bmatter-of-fact
Cbitterly humorous
Dsympathetic
Esad
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Question 28
jamb 1978

You cannot know
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.

In this verse, the poet uses

Aalternate rhymes
Bmonorhyme
Ccouplets
Dtriplets
Eblank verses
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Question 29
jamb 1978

If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography,we mean that it is

Aa historical novel
Ba piece of writing telling us about the life of its author
Ca short story
Da narrative tale
Ea book well written
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Question 30
jamb 1978

In 'The Flight to Australia' the following line occurs:'Tier upon tier it towered,the terrible Apennines' The figure of speech used in this line is known as

Aalliteration
Blitotes
Cexaggeration
Dparody
Emetonym
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