Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2001

In ''Biodun did his best but was first from behind'', "first from behind'' is an example of

Asarcasm
Beuphemism
Chyperbole
Dparadox
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Question 22
waec 2001

Pick out the odd item

AThe Gods are not to Blame
BThe Concubine
CThings Fall Apart
DThe African Child
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Question 23
waec 2001

A short poem expressing intense emotions and usually sung is a/an

Aode
Bpastoral
Celegy
Dlyric
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Question 24
waec 2001

A piece of writing about oneself is a/an

Aautobiography
Bbiography
Cautography
Dmimeography
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Question 25
waec 2001

Pick out the odd item

AActors
BStage
CDialogue
DChapters
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Question 26
waec 2001

Poetry differs from prose by its use of

Asong
Bcondensed language
Cflat character
Drhythm
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Question 27
waec 2001

A play is watched by a/an

Acongregation
Bgroup
Caudience
Dentourage
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Question 28
waec 2001

A seemingly absurd statement is a/an

Aclimax
Banti-climax
Chyperbole
Dparadox
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Question 29
waec 2001

The genres of Literature are

Adialogue, stage and actng
Bprose, tales and verse
Cprose, poetry and drama
Ddrama, actors and poetry
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Question 30
waec 2001

One of the following plays is based on the mistakes of a night

AThe Gods are not to Blame
BThe marriage of Anansewa
CArms and the Man
DShe stoops to Conquer
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Question 31
jamb 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation. 

'Lift not the painted veil which those who live call

life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,

And it but mimic all we would believe

With colours idly spread - behind, lurk fear,'
P.B Shelley, Sonnet.

The stanza above is an example of a

Aquatrain
Bcouplet
Cfree verse
Dlimerick
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Question 32
jamb 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation. 

'Careened,
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched,
I swear!
Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears

The tone of the poet is

Aoptimistic
Bsupplicatory
Csympathetic
Dpiteous
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Question 33
jamb 2001

The diction of Femi Osofisan's Morountodun can be described as

Apolitical and rhetorical
Barrogant and condemnatory
Curgent but apolitical
Dpoetic but difficult
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Question 34
jamb 2001

In Oswald Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto', night

Adrives man's enemy
Bfools man's enemy
Chides man's enemy
Daids man's enemy
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Question 35
jamb 2001

'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way;
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.'

In the lines above from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', the imagery is

Aof an approaching night in a rustic setting
Babout a village under a curfew one night
Cof an approaching death in a village
Dof a man abandoned in his homeward journey
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Question 36
jamb 2001

John Keats' 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' expresses the idea that

Athe Grecian Urn is ancient
Bthe Grecian Urn is mysterious
Cevery work of art is beautiful
Dlife is long, art is longer
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Question 37
jamb 2001

In Rubadiri''s '' Stanley Meets Mutesa'', the poet portrays the hardship experienced by the explorer's party through

Avisual and verbal images
Bvisual and tactile images
Colfactory and visual images
Dauditory and olfactory images
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Question 38
jamb 2001

Browning's My Last Duchess apparently shows the Duke's

Ahatred for common love
Bdesire to marry beautiful women
Cappreciation of works of art
Dpraise of Fra Pandolf
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Question 39
jamb 2001

The major theme of Thomas Gray''s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'' is that death renders life

Ameaningless for the rich
Bmeaningful for the poor
Cmeaningless for all
Dmeaningful for all
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Question 40
jamb 2001

From the tone of Wole Soyinka's 'Telephone Conversation', the two persons talking hold each other in

Amutual suspicion
Bdeep affection
Chigh esteem
Doutright contempt
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