Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
jamb 1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The stylistic device that uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a
Asynonym
Bmetonym
Cmataphor
Dantonym
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Question 12
jamb 1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The word 'image' is associated with
Aattitude
Bmood
Ctone
Dabstraction
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Question 13
jamb 1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented in a poem is an
Aallegory
Ballusion
Cambiguity
Dapostrophe
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Question 14
jamb 1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a
Ahexameter
Bhyperbole
Cmetaphor
Dsoliloquy
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Question 15
jamb 1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A quatrain is
Athe last line of a poem
Bthe fourth line of a sonnet
Ca poem which ends with a question
Da stanza consisting of four lines
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Question 16
jamb 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Comic relief is

Athe use of humorous characters speeches or scenes in a tragic work
Ba figure of speech used in comic theatre
Cthe use of hearty and wholesome laughter in plays
Da device used in the theatre where a play ends in marriage
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Question 17
jamb 1992
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called
Acatharsis
Btragi-comedy
Cdemetia
Dcleansing
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Question 18
jamb 1992

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called

Aa sonnet
Ban epic
Ca ballad
Da singer's story
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Question 19
jamb 1992

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
The character in the novel who best symbolizes man's pride in his ability to reason is

AHenry
BMaurice
CPiggy
DRoger
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Question 20
jamb 1992

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
That the rescue ship was attracted not by a fire made for the purpose but by one aimed at smoking Ralph out for destruction is a case of

Aoxymoron
Bparadox
Cirony
Dcatastrophe
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Question 21
jamb 1992

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
The island in the novel is a

Asymbol of peace
Bhide out for children during the war
Csymbol of innocence
Dworld of abundance
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Question 22
jamb 1992

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
At one point in the novel, Jack paints his face
This act can be interpreted to mean

Aregression into savagery
Bthat he is now fully ready for the dance
Can attempt to hide from the other children
Dan attempt to hide from the animals he wishes to hunt
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Question 23
jamb 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
Kofi Billy's right leg was cut off by a machine in the novel because

Athe young Englishman loaded too much tension into the steel ropes
Bhe had been playing at work with the steel ropes
Cthe steel ropes were old, slack and gave way
Dhe had always wanted a wooden leg
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Question 24
jamb 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah''s ''The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born''.

By the coup which takes place towards the end of the novel, the writer suggests that

Athere is very little hope for genuine change
Ball corrupt politicians shall be ousted
Cthe military is the hope for salvation
Dthe beautiful ones will soon be born
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Question 25
jamb 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
'...no difference at all between the '' whitemen'' and their apes the layers and the merchants and now apes of the apes our Party men ...'
The statement above refers to Koomson's

Acommitment to the plight of the poor man
Breaction to the politics of betrayal
Cchange of attitude to the plight of the poor man
Ddisgust with the ''whitemen'' who are apes
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Question 26
jamb 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The dominant mood in 'Ode to a Nightingale' is that of

Aanxiety
Bmelancholy
Chelplessness
Dfury
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Question 27
jamb 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The confusion in the poet in D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Snake' arises from

Aeducation and love
Bfascination and fear
Canger and hospitability
Dprotest and regret
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Question 28
jamb 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The setting of T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' is characterized by

Acoldness
Bconfusion
Cfaiety
Dwarmth
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Question 29
jamb 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.


Kofi Awoonor's poem 'Songs of Sorrow' suggests that

Adeath is temporary
Blife is continuous
Cthe living communicate with the dead
Ddeath is final
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Question 30
jamb 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In 'The Casualties' J.P. Clark discusses

Asoldiers who die in the war
Binsecurity of the writer in times of crisis
Cthe suffering of soldiers and civilians during a war
Dthose whose property is destoryed during a war
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