Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 311
jamb 2014
A plot in a literary work is about
Acharacter delineation
Bcasual arrangement of events
Cresolution of conflicts
Dlaw of poetic justic
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Question 312
jamb 2014
A device in drama where a character speaks alone is
Asoliloquy
Baside
Capostrophe
Ddialogue
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Question 313
jamb 2014

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

Acatharsis
Bcatastrophe
Cepilogue
Dexposition
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Question 314
jamb 2014
An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
Apyrrhic
Bprops
Cpathos
Dparody
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Question 315
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 316
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 317
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 318
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 319
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 320
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 321
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 322
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 323
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 324
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 325
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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Question 326
jamb 2013

Based on George Orwell's Ninety Eighty-Four, the Ministry of Love is concerned with

Apeace and freedom
Btorture and pain
Cjoy and peace
Dhatred and pain
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Question 327
jamb 2013

Based on Buchi Emecheta''s The Joys of Motherhood, Adaku remains faithful to Nnaife until she

Ais rebuked by the Ibuza society for abusing Nnu Ego
Bbecomes rich and powerful
Cstarts keeping unnecesary friends
Dis unable to give birth to a male child
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Question 328
jamb 2013

Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood,

According to the novel Nnaife becomes frustrated when

Ahis wife gives birth to female twins
Bhe is recruited into the army
COshiaju secures a scholarship to study abroad
Dhe is arrested and charged for attempted murder of his inlaw
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Question 329
jamb 2013

In Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Nnu Ego is blamed for the misfortunes of her

Aparents
Bhusband
Csiblings
Dchildren
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Question 330
jamb 2013

"Since I came to this country I have never seen cocoa as well dried as yours."

Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the speaker above is

Athe Catechist
BNua
CNkolo
Dthe Commandant
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