Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2013

In poetry _ is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

Aan anapest
Btrochee
Cdactyll
Dan iambus
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Question 22
waec 2013
An omniscient narrator in a novel
Adataches himself from the story
Bknows nothing about the characters and events
Cknows everything about the caharecters and events
Dis a character in the story
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Question 23
waec 2013
One of the following makes use of gesture only:
Acomedy
Blampoon
Cmime
Dsatire
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Question 24
waec 2013

The author's attitude towards the subject being treated is

Amood
Btone
Cfeeling
Datmosphere
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Question 25
waec 2013

This book should fill the memory, rule the heart and guide the feet.

The above expression illustrates the use of

Arepetition
Brefrain
Csynecdoche
Dmetaphor
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Question 26
waec 2013
''The fire gnawed ceaselessly at the bark of the tree'' illustrates
Apersonification
Beithet
Callusion
Dparadox
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Question 27
waec 2013
The device used in 'Light as wind on water laid' is
Arhyme
Bsimile
Conomatopeia
Dpun
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Question 28
waec 2013
A long and serious narrative about heroic characters is a/an
Aburlesque
Bballad
Cepic
Delegy
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Question 29
waec 2013
_ is fundamental to a play or novel.
AMime
BConflict
CFlashback
DEpilogue
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Question 30
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

"Listen...they will tell you...
to beat drums is mere children's play,
the adult's is to start echoes...

The lines above from Launkos' End of the War, enhance the

Alanguage of the poem
Buse of imagery
Crhyme of the poem
Drhythm of the poem
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Question 31
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

Acquah's In The Navel of the Soul describes the

Alack of experienced midwives in the society
Bexcesses of the new generation churches and politicians
Ccomplications of motherhood and child bearing
Dconflict between the church and tradition
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Question 32
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

The theme of Eliot's The Journey of Magi is

Anature
Bjourney
Cquest for salvation
Descape from persecution
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Question 33
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

Lawrence's Bat opens with the description of the

Abats
Bscenery
Cscene
Dcreatures
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Question 34
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

"Time winged chariot"

The line above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress depicts

Athe measurement of time
Bhow fast events unfold
Chow fast time flies
Dthe usefulness of time
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Question 35
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

"Let me ask for what reason or rhyme
women refuse to marry?
Woman cannot exist except by man,
what is there in that to vex some of them so?

The lines above from "Give Me The Minstrel's Seat" is an example of

Apathetic fallacy
Bchiasmus
Crhetorical statement
Drhetorical question
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Question 36
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."

The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of

Aanecdote
Baside
Capostrophe
Dallusion
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Question 37
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm can be described as

Atraditional
Bsatiritical
Cdidactic
Ddramatic
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Question 38
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeoti's Naked Soles is

Ahyperbole
Bonomatopoeia
Czeugma
Doxymoron
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Question 39
jamb 2013

Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith works in the Record Department of the Ministry of

APeace
BPlenty
CLove
DTruth
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Question 40
jamb 2013

Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the instruments of power and torture belong to

Athe thought police
Bindividuals
Cthe government
Dthe party
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