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Question 31

jamb 2025

This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.

Which element best classifies So the Path Does Not Die as a postcolonial feminist novel?

AIts use of supernatural elements

BIts satire of Western education

CIts critique of both colonial legacies and patriarchal customs

DIts glorification of male dominance

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Question 32

jamb 2025

This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.

In what way does Bendu's relationship with Calvin challenge gender norms?

ACalvin acts as a victim

BTheir partnership is based on mutual respect without traditional gender roles

CThey reverse parenting roles

DCalvin is financially dependent on Bendu

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Question 33

jamb 2025

This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.

What is the narrative function of the Kumba Kargbo legend at the beginning of the novel?

ATo introduce Western ideals.

BTo critique African nationalism.

CTo expose the horrors of war.

DTo symbolise Fina's inner rebellion and uniqueness.

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Question 34

jamb 2025

This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Antony: "I will be / A bridegroom in my death, and run into't / As to a lover's bed."

Eros: "Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast worn / Most useful for thy country."

Antony: "When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then / To do this when I bade thee?" What does this moment between Antony and Eros represent?

ACleopatra's successful manipulation

BA test of loyalty and self-sacrifice

CAntony's reluctance to die

DThe dishonour of Eros refusing to fight

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Question 35

jamb 2025

This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.

Which character is Ananse's daughter?

AAya

BEsi

CAnansewa

DEkuwa

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Question 36

jamb 2025

This question is based on THE STONE.

The woman's final sigh symbolises:

AThe end of the carving process

BThe release of her lover's spirit

CHer readiness to remarry

DThe release of pent-up sorrow

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Question 37

jamb 2025

This question is based on NEW TONGUE. What literary device is most prominent in the following lines?

bathing at the back of the house

On a rainy July day

ASimile

BAllegory

CImagery

DAlliteration

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Question 38

jamb 2025

This question is based on HEARTY GARLANDS.

"Flights of vanquished steps" conveys:

ASteps toward failure

BEscaping from duty

CAscension through conquered challenges

DBackward movement

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Question 39

jamb 2025

This question is based on SO THE PATH DOES NOT DIE.

Fina's character is best described as:

ABold and irrational

BDetached and aloof

CResilient, reflective and evolving

DPassive and resigned

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Question 40

jamb 2025

The beauty of this poem is built upon its

Athe arrangement of the lines

Bextended images of treasure and gun

Cthe protagonist's boastfulness

Drhythm

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Question 41

jamb 2025

This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger

Bullying in the play is revenge tactics on

Arejection

Bsocial class

Cassault

Dacceptance

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Question 42

jamb 2025

Decked with dances by baobabs over balances

The above line in Neto's The Grieved Lands is an example of

Aassonance

Bconsonance

Conomatopoeia

Dalliteration

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Question 43

jamb 2025

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.

The division of the play into morning, noon and night signifies unity of

Aaction

Bspace

Cplace

Dtime

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Question 44

jamb 2025

This novel is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger

The bear in the novel symbolically represents

AJimmy Porter

BAlison Porter

CHelena Charles

DCliff Lewis

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Question 45

jamb 2025

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen

It all began like a dream. You know, that sort of dream which seems to have originated from nowhere, yet one was always aware of its existence...

The technique used in the line above is

Astream of consciousness

Bforeshadowing

Comniscient point of view

Dflashback

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Question 46

jamb 2025

Sesay's "The Song of the Women of my Land" is

Apanegyric

Bfree verse

Csatirical

Dblank verse

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Question 47

jamb 2025

In Lawrence's "Bat", the poetic persona concludes the poem by stating

Ahis aversion for bats

Bthe beauty of nature

Cthe beauty of bats

Dthe importance of bats

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Question 48

jamb 2025

I shall booze and zoom myself home

The diction used in the above excerpt in Onu's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is

Aonomatopoeic

Bveiled

Ccomplex

Dformalised

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Question 49

jamb 2025

This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn

The temporal setting of the novel is in

A1980s Ghana and 1960s Nigeria

B1960s Nigeria and 1980s Ghana

C1960s Ghana and 1980s Nigeria

D1940s Ghana and 1960s Nigeria

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Question 50

jamb 2025

The persona in Lade Worsonu's "Raider of the Treasure Trove" warns against

Awar

Bgreed

Cpower

Drage

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