Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

'Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a legendary scion of the soil the brief sack with bulging stomach.'The poem achieves its significant effect through the use of

Aquatrain and imagery
Brhyme andsimile
Conomatopoeia and alliteration
Dalliteration and personification
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Question 32
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

If I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice...

Ismeal Heron:Pardon me.

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

Aplagiarism
Banaphora
Cparalipsis
Dalliteration
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Question 33
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles

The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as
Ahamartia
Banagnorisis
Chubris
Danamnesis
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Question 34
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
That quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is
Apathopoeia
Bpathos
Cpataphysics
Dpatois
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Question 35
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

Aepanalepsis
Bantithesis
Cenvoi
Dirony
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Question 36
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Which of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue?
ALament
BOde
CSonnet
DEpic
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Question 37
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Black theater is drama concerned with

Amourners dressed in black
Bactors of black origin
Cthe identity of black Americans
DAfricans of West Indian origin
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Question 38
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

Aepitasis
Bprotasis
Ccatharsis
Dcatastasis
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Question 39
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Chanson is a term denoting a

Apoem of varied metrical froms
Bfrom of love song
Csong from the Middle Ages
Dpopular Korean verse
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Question 40
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles

Zeugma is a figurative device in which a
Anoun refers to two parts of an expression
Bconjunction governs two parts of an expression
Cverb refers to two parts of an expression
Dpronoun governs two parts of an expression
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Question 41
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Monometer is a
Asingle meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
Bline repeated in the first syllable of a word
Csingle foot used in John Milton's sonnets
Dline of verse consisting of a metrical foot
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Question 42
jamb 2007

In Clark's Agbor Dancer, the the poet watches the dancer with

Aspite
Bdespair
Cnostalgia
Drhapsody
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Question 43
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles

A character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is

Aa fictional character
Ba stock character
Ca rounded character
Dan antagonist
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Question 44
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Odia Ofeimuun's We must Learn Again to Fly, the use of 'we' gives the poem a

Auniversal appeal
Bpersonifying effect
Csymbolic undertone
Ddramatic sensation
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Question 45
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is

Aoptimistic
Bpessimistic
Cromantic
Dsarcastic
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Question 46
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The concern of the poet in Serenade is to

Aboast about the lover's wealth
Bappeal to the lady in question
Cexamine the gloomy side of marriage
Dexpress the lady's sense of grief
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Question 47
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Brutus'A Troubadour I Traverse, the poet juxtaposes

Alove with hatred
Bdefiance with submission
Csuffering with pleasure
Dsafety with danger
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Question 48
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

The use of enjambment in Cheney-Coker's Myopia emphasizes the

Aanger of the peasants
Bbeauty of the poem
Cdistressed mood of the persona
Darrangement of the stanzas
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Question 49
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
In Senghor's I will pronounce Your Name, 'cinnamon'is significant for its

Adramatic irony
Bbotanical allusion
Colfactory image
Dextended metaphor
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Question 50
jamb 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse

In Milton's On His Blindness, the poet's attitude towards his blindness is one of

Aanger
Bsorrow
Cfortitude
Dapathy
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