Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 261
jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
'Ordaley ignored the two young women plating their hair because she didn't want to generate another war with a simple greeting'
The image depicted in the lines above is

Aironic
Bpersonification
Chyperbolic
Dmetaphoric
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Question 262
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.'

This speaker of the lines above is

Alago
BCassio
CDesdemona
DEmilia
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Question 263
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
Othello kills himself with a

Abottle
Bsword
Cgun
Dknife
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Question 264
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The hypocritical character in the play is

AMontano
Blago
CCassio
DRoderigo
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Question 265
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The first character in the play to refer to Othello by name is

ABrabantio
BDesdemona
Cthe Duke
Dlago
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Question 266
jamb 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by

Aa female prophet
BDesdemona's maid
COthello's mother
DOthello's lover.
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Question 267
jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.
'I thought as much. I know that all these hide-and-seek games that have been going on will one day come to light'.
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The speaker of the excerpt above is

AOgeyi
BAlice
CAyo
DMrs Obi
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Question 268
jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

Aloho is employed as Chief's

APersonal Assistant
BProtocol Officer
CLegal Adviser
DSecretary
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Question 269
jamb 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

From its resolution of conflicts. the play can be described as being

Aobscene
Bfarcical
Ccomic
Ddidactic
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Question 270
jamb 2016

The setting of the play is

AGbossa
BBenue
CNassarawa
DJabu
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Question 271
jamb 2016

The scene of the conversation in the excerpt above is

Aa street
BChief's office
Ca hotel
Dthe Police Station
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Question 272
jamb 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The theme of Cope's sonnet V11 is

Aadventure
Bisolation
Ccontempt for literature
Dart of poetry
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Question 273
jamb 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
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In Launko's End of the War, the Casualties are

Awomen
Bsoldiers
Cchildren
Dmen
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Question 274
jamb 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

In Houseman's To an Athlete Dying Young, the persona addresses the dead athlete using

AMonologue
BDialogue
CApostrophe
DPrologue
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Question 275
jamb 2015

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

What can you infer about Benvolio based on his interaction with Romeo and parents

ABenvolio is a troublemaker
BBenvolio is a cabinet maker
CBenvolio is kingmaker
DBenvolio is a peacemaker
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Question 276
jamb 2015

This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters
The Major issues at hand in the Sons and Daughters play is that

ALaboratory attendant is trying to act as a nurse
BThe medical doctor is in love with Maanan
CJames sees Awere as a bad influence
DLawyer B is trying to Kiss Maanan.
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Question 277
jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Nnu Ego's Second Marriage as to Nnaife, a man who works in Lagos as the washer for

ANwakusor
BDr. and Mrs. Meers
CNwaeze
DNgozi
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Question 278
jamb 2015

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

__________decides that Juliet should marry a young man named Paris, who has been asking for her hand

AFriar Laurence
BLord Capulet
CBalthasar
DFriar John
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Question 279
jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

In the novel, it is necessary that Ona has to leave her father's house because

Aof the safety of her child
Bof her love for Agbadi
Cher father is dead
Dthat is the tradition
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Question 280
jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

In Nnaife's house, life became miserable to Nnu Ego by the news that

ANnaife's elder brother had died
BNnaife has inherited buildings and properties
CNnaife had lost Ngozi
DNnaife has inherited his brother's wives and children.
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