Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 1980

In Procession I-Hanging Day', Soyinka writes about

Awhat he actually witnessed
Ban imaginary event
Cwhat he read about in the pspers
Dwhat the prison wader told him
Ewhat everyone knows.
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Question 12
jamb 1980

In 'Ode to a nightingale' Keats celebrates the beauty of

Aa particular immortal Bird
Ball nightingales
Cartistic expression
Dphilosophical statement
Ethe nightingale Ruth heard
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Question 13
jamb 1980

'Fast fading violets covered up in leaves
And mid May's eldest child
The coming must-rose full of dewy wine
The murmurous haunt of files on summer eves'.
('Ode to a nightingale')
The poetic beauty of the last line owes to the use of

Asmile
Bonomatopeia
Cmetaphor
Darchaism
Emetonymy
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Question 14
jamb 1980
'I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have i seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, council, governments'
These line fairly represent the attitude of Ulysses' life. This attitude may be described as
Acomplaining continually about life
Bunwillingness to agree and work with others.
Cceaseless labour and search for challenges
Ddislike of one's country or home
Eroaming and idling.
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Question 15
jamb 1980
Stars hide your fires;
let no light see my black and deep desires
They eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eyes fears, when it is done to see'
In these lines Shakespare uses
Ahyperbole
Bmetonymy
Conomatopoeia
Dsimile
Eapostophe
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Question 16
jamb 1980

Kongi's harvest is

Aa political drama
Bsocial comedy
Ca play about natural rulers
Da historical tragedy
Ea domestic comedy.
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Question 17
jamb 1980

Nani's sternness and frequent use of the cane

Awas responsible for his transfers
Bexacted obedience from his wife
Cfiiled his children with fear and pain
Dgave him a very good reputation
Emade his teacher rebel against him
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Question 18
jamb 1980

Kongi wants to eat the New Yam during the harvest Festival because

Ahe was very hungry after his period of fasting
Bthe Yam won the agriculture contest
Cit belonged to the Royal House
Dit symbolized the acqusition of Power
Ehe wanted to reconcile with Oba Danlola
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Question 19
jamb 1980

In Mine Boy Peter Abrahams is of the view that apartheid would cease to exist in South Africa if

Athe blacks forced out the whites
Bthe whites packed their bags and went away peacefully
Cthe whites became more generous and gentle to the blacks
Dblack and whites stopped regarding people primarily by the colour of the skin
Eunequal treatment of the black and white at the mines was discontinued.
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Question 20
jamb 1980

The doctors looked at chris johannes.
They were both dead. They kept the place up with their bodies so that we could get out!'a mine boy cried and begin to sob (Mine Boy).
The death of Chris and Johannes is symbolic because

Ait shows how black and white can and ought to make sacrifies for matual benefit
Bit lead to the arrest of the miners by the police
Cit shows the bad conditions of the mines
Dit ios the result of panic
Eit keeps xuma out of trouble.
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Question 21
jamb 1980

Which of the characters in Abraham's Mine Boy is notorious for playing with a Knife?

Axuma
BLeah
CMa plank
DDladia
EJoseph.
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Question 22
jamb 1980

Eliza is Mine Boy is representative of

AEuropean female sophistication
Bthe disaster of an African wishing to be European
Cmoral decadence in South African where women smoke
Dthe hardship of a black female teacher
Ethe loneliness of a female teacher in Malay Camp
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Question 23
jamb 1980

'Thou losest labour
As easy mayst thou the interenchant air with kneel sword impress as make me bleed'
Macbeth contempt from Macduff's effort in this battle scene arises from

Athe quality of his military uniform
Bthe fact that he cannot be hurt by mortals
Cthe fact that the witches has given him charms
Dthe fact that the witches have made him think no mortal can hurt him
Ethe fact that he is as light as Air.
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Question 24
jamb 1980

To be thus is nothing but to be safely thus our fear in Banqo stick deep. soon after these words, macbeth is dramatically 'attended'by

ABanqo and his son
Btwo murderers
Clady Macbeth
Dlady Macbeth and a servant
EBanqo
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Question 25
jamb 1980

The animal which Gerald Durrel found difficult to catch was

Athe water snake
Bold plop
Calacko
Dgeronimo
Eachilles.
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Question 26
jamb 1980

In As You Like It Orland's defeat of charles, the Duke's wrestler made his brother Oliver

Adecide to reconcile with him
Bplan to kill him
Chate him more
Dask the servant, Adam to drive him away
Egive him his deserved inheritance.
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Question 27
jamb 1980

Orlando addressed the banished duke and his men roughly because

Ahe was hungry
Bhe was greedy
Che was afraid
Dhe thought they were wild
Ethey refuse to give him food.
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Question 28
jamb 1980

Ananse knew who loved his daughter most through

Athe quality of gifts they sent to him
Bthe eagerness which each showed to marry her
Cthier reactions to the news of Anansewa's death
Dthe words of thier messengers
Ethe letters the chief wrote to them.
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Question 29
jamb 1980

In the novel The Narrow Parth because Kofi's father was a headmaster, kofi

Awore shoe to school
Bstarted school early
Cwent to school when he liked
Dwasn rude to his teachers
Ewas very popular with the school children
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Question 30
jamb 1980

Kofi had to live under a master and go to school in keta because

Ahis mothr lived in keta
Bhis father was transfer ti abor
Che lost his school fees to gamblers
Dhis father's school was a junior school
Ehis father wanted to punish him.
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