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Question 251

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An art that is both literary and theatrical is

Aa prose

Ba poem

Cdrama

Dprosody

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Question 252

jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In a tragic play the device used to reduce tension is known as

Acomic relief

Brhetoric

Canti-climax

Dclimax

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Question 253

jamb 2016

Hallowell's The Dining Table can be referred to as a

Atraditional poem

Ba lyric

Cdramatic monologue

Dballad

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Question 254

jamb 2016

The dominant literary device in Diop's Vanity is

Arhetorical question

Ballusion

Chyperbole

Ddramatic irony

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Question 255

jamb 2016

According to Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is

Apoor

Breligious

Chopeful

Dfrustrated

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Question 256

jamb 2016

'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'

The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as

Asmart

Bsick

Cweak

Dstrong

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Question 257

jamb 2016

One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

Aeducation

Bslavery

Ccolonisation

Dcorruption

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Question 258

jamb 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep. Turns again home.'

The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above from Tennyson's crossing the Bar is

Aabac

Babba

Cabab

Dabcb

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Question 259

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is

Aauditory

Bgustatory

Ctactile

Dvisual

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Question 260

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

'awaiting in ambush'
ambush in the line above from Adeoti's Ambush symbolises

Aexploit

Bfrustration

Cdanger

Dpain

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Question 261

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The tone of the persona in Blake's The School Boy is that of

Afear

Bfulfillment

Ccontempt

Dneutrality

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Question 262

jamb 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of

Afable

Beuphemism

Callegory

Dsymbolism

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Question 263

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of

Abeing more educated

Baccommodation

Cgood job

Dthe rights to vote

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Question 264

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

You want to know something then you run like a rabbit'

The device used in the line above is

Apun

Bpersonification

Cmetaphor

Dsimile

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Question 265

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

The family that donates to charity is

Athe Thomas

BBuckleys

Cthe Daltons

Dthe Earlones

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Question 266

jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

One of the pictures Bigger sees on the pamphlet given to him by Jan is that of a

Aknife and a sword

Bknife and gun

Chammer and a sickle

Dmatchet and a hammer

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Question 267

jamb 2016

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

Kufi is a

AChristian community

Bpagan society

CMuslim community

Dtraditional society

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Question 268

jamb 2016

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with

Aindifference

Bsuspicion

Celation

Danger

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Question 269

jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.

Kabria's second child is

AOttu

BAdade

CEssie

DObea

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Question 270

jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
After impregnating Maa Tsuru, Kwei's family treats him like a

Arenegade

Bleper

Cforeigner

Ddesperado

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