Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2011
Foreshadowing is a device used to
Aprepare the reader for the direction a plot will take
Bintroduce the plot
Cshed light on events through background information
Drecall the past
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Question 22
waec 2011
A literary work is a satire when it
Afinds fault
Bhumorously criticises to improve a situation
Cprovokes laughter
Dteaches a lesson for social improvement
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Question 23
waec 2011

Through the trees l'll hear a single ringing sound, a cowbell jingle. The underlined illustrate _ rhyme.

Aend
Bdecasyllabic
Cinternal
Ddimeter
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Question 24
waec 2011
''My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep'' is an example of
Ahyperbole
Blitotes
Ceuphemism
Dparadox
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Question 25
waec 2011

A dead metaphor is one that is

Aoverused and ineffective
Bexteneded in meaining
Cimplied
Dmixed
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Question 26
waec 2011
A humorous scene in a play intended to ease tension is
Aclimax
Btragi-comedy
Ccomedy
Dcomic relief
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Question 27
waec 2011
Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage
Asays the opposite of what the speaker means
Bis misunderstood
Ctries to deceive the audience
Dis alone
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Question 28
waec 2011
As chapter is to prose, so ...is to poetry
Acouplet
Bstanza
Cline
Dchorus
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Question 29
waec 2011
The protagonist is the
Aauthor
Bvillain
Chero
Dspeaker
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Question 30
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

The tone of Cope's Sonnet VII is generally

Apersuasive
Boptimistic
Cmournful
Dhumorous
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Question 31
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

'With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness. And three trees on the low sky.'
In the excerpt above from Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is

Aoxymoron
Bhyperbole
Calliteration
Dpersonification
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Question 32
jamb 2011

To sustain the interest of the readers, Lawrence in "Bat" uses

Aelision
Bsuspense
Coxymoron
Dhyperbole
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Question 33
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

Marvell, in To His Coy Mistress uses the imagery of death to

Aappreciates God's power
Bcondemn the lady
Cscare the lady
Dunderscore life's transcience
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Question 34
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

'Woman cannot exist except by man
What is there in that to vex some of them so?
The statement above from the poem Give Me The Minstrel's Seat.exemplifies

Alitotes
Btransferred epithet
Csynechdoche
Drhetorical question
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Question 35
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

Launko's End of the War portrays the

Asilence of battlefield
Birony of life
Carrangement of war
Dusefulness of praise singers
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Question 36
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

In Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation,the persona is concerned with the

Apeople's struggle for survival
Bintolerance of the new generation
Ccelebration of African tradition
Dcriticism of modern tradition
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Question 37
jamb 2011

These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.

The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winton's dreams of

Afreedom and democracy
Bwealth and capitalism
Csovereignty
Dinternal security
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Question 38
jamb 2011

These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.

Room 101 symbolizes a place of

Arest
Bhumiliation
Ctorture
Dfun
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Question 39
jamb 2011

These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.

The novel can be described as

Aoptimistic
Bpersuasive
Cantagonistic
D
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Question 40
jamb 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

In Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through

Ascorching sun
Bblooming thorns
Ca cloudy atmosphere
Da dirty room
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