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Question 31

jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

In Nnaife's house, life became miserable to Nnu Ego by the news that

ANnaife's elder brother had died

BNnaife has inherited buildings and properties

CNnaife had lost Ngozi

DNnaife has inherited his brother's wives and children.

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Question 32

jamb 2015

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, the major role of Mercutio is to

ACount Paris in Praise of Juliet

Bannoy Tybalt

Ctake another wife

Dserve as an assistance to Romeo

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Question 33

jamb 2015

This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

Paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan is

AFosuwa

BHannah

CMrs. Bonu

DAdwao

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Question 34

jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Why did Nnaife blame Nnu Ego for all his problems

ABecause his daughter slapped him

BBecause his daughter disobeyed him by travelling to abroad

CBecause his daughter disobeyed him by moving with prostitutes

DBecause his daughter ran away with a Yoruba man.

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Question 35

jamb 2015

This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

Where does the play take place?

AIn George's place

BIn Ofosu's place

COn the street

DOn the stage

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Question 36

jamb 2015

This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

A brother to Aaron and Maanan is

AGeorge

BAwere

CHannah

DAwao

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Question 37

jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

The relationships of Nnaife family are

Ahumiliation and disagreement

Bsickness and joblessness

Cpoverty and hunger

Dtogetherness and happiness

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Question 38

jamb 2015

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo is evicted to__________because he__________

AMantua, fights Tybalt in a street duel

BCapulet's party, kills Tybalt in a street duel

CMantua, fights and kills Tybalt in a street duel

DMantua, kills Paris in a street duel.

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Question 39

jamb 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Nnaife and Nnu Ego Second Child but the first to live is

AAdim

BNgozi

COshia

DAdaku

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Question 40

jamb 2015

This question is based on George Orwell's 1984.

'Big Brothers Is Watching You' Big Brother Controls life in Oceania Though the four ministries of peace, Love, plenty, are Truth.
The Couple continue to meet secretly in an attic room above a junk shop owned by

AMr. Carrington

BO'Brien

CEurasia

DCoworker Julius

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Question 41

jamb 2015

This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

The device used by Aaron in the excerpt below is___________

'Now look what we have: a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!

ARhetorical question

BOxymoron

CAlliteration

DEuphemism

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Question 42

jamb 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

That age is best which the first is.
When youth and blood are Warner;
But being spent, the worse ,
and worst Times still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme is

Aabba

Babab

Caabb

Dbbaa

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Question 43

jamb 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

A poet's use of regular rhythm is known as

Aallegory

Bassonance

Cmetre

Donomatopoeia

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Question 44

jamb 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

'.... The youthful hue sits on thy skin like a morning dew...'

AOnomatopoeia

BOxymoron

CParadox

DSimile

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Question 45

jamb 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

The old man slept in his favorite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poet above is

Abbaa

Baabb

Cabab

Dbaba

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Question 46

jamb 2015

Read the extract below and this answer question.

The pattering rain was kicking up little explosions of
dust in the glade. He heard the faint whisper of the stream
as it stole across the land and disappeared into the bush.
The underline expression in line 3 is

Alitotes

Bpersonification

Chyperbole

Dsynecdoche

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Question 47

jamb 2015

The account of experiences of an individual during the course of a journey is known as

Aan epilogue

Ban autobiography

Ca travelogue

Da prologue

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Question 48

jamb 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of lines is

Aparallelism

Bassonance

Calliteration

Dpun

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Question 49

jamb 2015

Ballad is meant to be

Adiscussed

Bread

Csung

Dacted

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Question 50

jamb 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth what is thy soul of adoration.
The figure of speech in the lines above is

Aantithesis

Bapostrophe

Cpersonification

Deuphemism

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