Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2024

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

Jimmy's harmatia is

Ainfidelity
Banger
Cpride
Djealousy
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Question 32
jamb 2024

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

The reason why Jimmy easily gets along with Cliff is because

Athey both belong to the working class
BAlison speaks well of Cliff
Cthe relatives of Jimmy's mother are rich
Dthey are both from affluent backgrounds
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Question 33
jamb 2024

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

The couple's marital crisis is aggravated by

AJimmy
BCliff
CHelena
DHugh
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Question 34
jamb 2024

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

The protagonist in the play is

AAlison Porter
BCliff Lewis
CJimmy Porter
DColonel Redfern
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Question 35
jamb 2024

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

Alison and Jimmy are accommodated during the first month of their marriage by

AHugh Tanner
BNigel
CCliff
DWebster
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Question 36
jamb 2024

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

The play is a

AComedy
BTragi-comedy
CFarce
DMelodrama
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Question 37
jamb 2024

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

Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as 

Aunholy
Billegal
Cbabaric
Dchildish
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Question 38
jamb 2024

Lawrence's "Bats" is a 

Asarcasm
Bsatire
Cdramatic dialogue
Ddramatic monolgue
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Question 39
jamb 2024

"But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams"

The excerpt above from Angelou's "Caged Bird" implies that caged bird

Awill die
Bwill be frustrated
Cstands on its grave
Dwalks freely to actualise its dream
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Question 40
jamb 2024

The style of Chibuike's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is 

Anarrative
Bmonologic
Creflective
Dpanegyric
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Question 41
jamb 2024

The poet persona in Donne's "The Good Morrow" reflects on 

Aspiritual love
Bthe immortality of love
Cfalling in love
Dlove marriage
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Question 42
jamb 2024

Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is

Adramatic
Bsatiric
Cnarrative
Delegaic
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Question 43
jamb 2024

In Eliot's "Journey of the Magi", "six hands at an open door" is an example of 

Asynecdoche
Birony
Calliteration
Dmetonymy
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Question 44
jamb 2024

Sesay's "The Song of the Woman of My Land" is a 

Apolitical poem
Bgeographical poem
Csocial poem
Dpanegyric poem
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Question 45
jamb 2024

In Senghor's Black Woman, the dominant literary device is 

Ahyperbole
Bpersonification
Csimile
Dmetaphor
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Question 46
jamb 2024

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

Wachuk in the novel is

Athe cigarette seller
BNiyi's friend
CIdem's husband
Dthe alcohol seller
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Question 47
jamb 2024

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

The setting of the novel is 

ANigeria and Ghana
BNigeria and Togo
CGhana and Niger
DNigeria and Benin
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Question 48
jamb 2024

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

"Lonely road,
Not a star
Lonely road
Shadows far
And quiet"

Peter Abraham Lonely Road.

The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is 

Aabcdec
Bababc
Cbabac
Daabbc
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Question 49
jamb 2024

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

"The commission has the power to investigate, 
to conciliate to hold hearings, to order
reinstatement of a discharged employee, and
to direct the appointment of a qualified applicant"

The rhetorical device used in the excerpt above is

AIrony
BPersonification
CHyperbole
DParallelism
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Question 50
jamb 2024

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Football is the only sport on earth that can be considered truly global. Simple and inexpensive. it is equally likely to be found in a tight Marseille banlieue, an obscure corner of a Lagos slum, and the heart of a Buenos barrio. Marley's music is similarly universal...

According to the excerpt above, football is 

Aplayed only in Lagos slums
Bfootballers like Marley's music
Cpopular but cheap
Da universal game
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