Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2003

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
The dominant technique in the book is

Airony
Bforeshadowing
Csymbolism
Dreminiscence
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Question 32
jamb 2003

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,
In the novel, 'animalism' is a system of thought that emphasizes

Aconformity
Bequality
Canimality
Ddisparity
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Question 33
jamb 2003

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears
The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can be interpreted as Gimba's

Asentimental attachment to money
Bapprobation of stealing
Ccondemnaton of social injustice
Djustification of social vices
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Question 34
jamb 2003

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears
The subject matter of the novel is

Amarital infidelity
Bthe evils of materialism
Cchild àbuse
Dthe gains of love
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Question 35
jamb 2003

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears
The events in the novel span

Aforty days
Btwo days
Cfive days
Dseven days
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Question 36
jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The success of the play as a comedy relies on the author's use of

Adramatic irony
Bstock comic characters
Ccomic relief
Dstage and scenic disguise
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Question 37
jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The Dorothy of the play is

ATony Lumpkin's mother
BYoung Marlow's mother
CMiss Neville's mother
DKate, Hardcastle's daughter
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Question 38
jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The story of the play would have been different but for

AMiss Hardcastle's attitude towards her guests
BMr. Hardcastle's ignorance of Young Marlow's true identity
Cthe insensitivity of Mrs Hardcastle
DTony's misinformation of Young Marlow and Mr. Hastings
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Question 39
jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to

Athe character of Sir Charles Marlow
Bthe prologue songs and the epilogue
Cmale characters
Dfemale characters
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Question 40
jamb 2003

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
''My heart thus pressing-fix'd my face and eye-with a sententious look, that nothing means...'In the lines above, the speaker implies that

Ahis gesture means nothing
Bhe is a pious man
Che is being sentimental
Dhis heart is pressing against his face and eye
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Question 41
jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to

Aforestall reconciliation
Bseek peace
Ccure cross-piece
Dhurt their husbands
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Question 42
jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.'Those being ridiculed here are the

Aspinsters
Bhusbands
Cwives
Dold women
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Question 43
jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
'....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in

Afront of the verandah of Okoro's house
BOkoro's front yard, downstage
Cthe direction of the kitchen, offstage
Dthe kitchen, upstage
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Question 44
jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is

Aboth undersirable and unattainable
Battainable and desirable
Cobnoxious but desirable
Ddesirable but unattainable
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Question 45
jamb 2003

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.
The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

Alkaki
BEkpe
CUdje
DEtiyeri
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Question 46
jamb 2003
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called
Ashifting style
Bnarrator's mind style
Cpsycho-consciousness style
Dstream of consciousness
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Question 47
jamb 2003
This question is based on General Literary Principles
In literary convention, 'aside' is used to
Amake a pointed remark
Bemphasize scenes as different from acts
Cdistinguish between events
Dgossip about other characters
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Question 48
jamb 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

Aquick resolution of conflicts
Bhilarious ending
Ccontest between the hero and the villan
Dclose rapport between players and spectators.
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Question 49
jamb 2003
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of
Aambiguity
Banecdotes
Cprologue
Dsuspense
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Question 50
jamb 2003
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Allegory is used to describe a work in which
Ahumans are transposed into animals
Bboth animals and humans swap roles
Canimals are given human characters
Dabstract ideas are personified
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