Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 261
jamb 2021

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

The novel is largely set in 

AFuta Toro
BSabonville city
CAlligator city
DNuclear city
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Question 262
jamb 2021

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are 

ASaahir and Lahab
BLahab and Hussaina
CLahab and Sagiir
DAl-Amin and Hussaina
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Question 263
jamb 2021

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are dormed by

Aa premonition of his death
BLahab's doubtful morality
CHussaina's immaturity
Dhis fear of loneliness
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Question 264
jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?

ALove at first sight
BUnrequited love
CIllusion and reality
DHumor and Tragedy
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Question 265
jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

Afragility
Bpleasure
Ccomedy
Dromance
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Question 266
jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'I'll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

AThat she succeeds in winning the love for the master
BThat her best is good enough to win affection
CThat she herself becomes the beloved
DThat she herself wins the love
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Question 267
jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

DUKE:... Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped? 

AThe book of his relationship with Olivia
BThe secret of his soul
CThe details of his relationship with Viola
DThe details of his relationship with Olivia
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Question 268
jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by 

Athe idea of love
Bthe food of love
Cmusic
Dentertainment
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Question 269
jamb 2021

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes 

AMaria
BOlivia
CRoderigo
DViola
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Question 270
jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The stage direction at the end of the play reveals 

Athe actors in a changing room
BMama Kayode raising the song of hope
CMoremi and Titubi in harsh spotlight
Dthe Director making a farewell speech
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Question 271
jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as 

Adramatic epilogue
Bdramatic monologue
Crole-playing
Dflashback
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Question 272
jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

Titubi joins the farmer's revolt 

Ato ensure it's success
Bas a spy for the establishment
Cin pursuit of Marshal
Dto defy the police
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Question 273
jamb 2021

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.


In the play, social change is achieved through 

Acollectivism
Bsectionalism
Cindividualism
Dcommunism
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Question 274
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, 'Oculi, Orphan'. These lines illustrate the use of 

Asadism
Bsophism
Csatire
Deuphemism
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Question 275
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

Aan anagnorisis
Ba tragic flaw
Ca catharsis
Da catastrophe
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Question 276
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Romantic poetry emphasizes 

Athe beauty of nature
Bintimate relationships
Cthe love in human nature
Dthe romance in human aspiration
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Question 277
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A melodramatic play is based on 

Aa melodious manipulation of events
Bingredients that mellow down events
Csensational plot and characters
Dthe playwright's didactic overtones
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Question 278
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is 

Aan apostrophe
Ban allegory
Ca poetic license
Da rhetoric
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Question 279
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of 

Airony
Bparadox
Ccontrast
Dparallelism
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Question 280
jamb 2021

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An elegy is a poem that mourns for the 

Adeceased
Bbereaved
Caccused
Dking
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