Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 411
jamb 2010

The poem can be described as 



 
Aan epic
Ba sonnet
Can elegy
Da lyric
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Question 412
jamb 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation

Don't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset... try to regain your exposure.
The speaker in the excerpt above is

Auncertain
Bafraid
Cconfident
Dhopeless
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Question 413
jamb 2010

What figure of speech is conveyed in the sentence below?

The booming of the gun.

Aonomatopoeia
Bsynedoche
Cmetaphor
Dirony
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Question 414
jamb 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation

But the towering earth was tired sitting in one position . She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the extract above is

Asea waves
Bhouse movement
Cearthquake
DStorms
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Question 415
jamb 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation

That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer,
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Time still succeeds the former.

The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is

Aaabb
Babab
Cabba
Dbbaa
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Question 416
jamb 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation

'That year the harvest was sad like a funeral and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his clothes to a tree branch and hanged himself.
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart.

The mood conveyed in the excerpt above is one of

Afrustration
Bsympathy
Cdilemma
Dsadness
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Question 417
jamb 2010

Use the quotation below to answer this question.

Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this.
You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu

From the tone of the speech above the speaker is obviously

Alackadaisical
Belated
Chappy
Denraged
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Question 418
jamb 2010

What figure of speech is used in the expression below?
'I have been here a thousand times.'
 

AApostrophe
BPun
CPersonification
DHyperbole
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Question 419
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

Satirical writing employs

Asynecdoche
Birony
Conomatopoeia
Depigram
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Question 420
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

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

Aan autobiography
Ba catalogue
Ca memoir
Da travelogue
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Question 421
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

In a narrative poem,the poet attempts to

Adescribe a place
Bpreach a sermon
Ctell a story
Dsummarize a story
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Question 422
jamb 2010
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

Pun as a literary device deals with
Aplacing words side by side
Bplaying on words
Carragement of words
Dplacing two opposite phrases
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Question 423
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as

Acircular
Bepisodic
Corganic
Dopen-ended
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Question 424
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

The physical,historical or cultural background of a literary work is referred to as

Aplot
Btime
Csetting
Depisode
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Question 425
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the.

Asubjective
Bfirst-person
Cthird-person
Dobjective
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Question 426
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is

Aeulogy
Banthology
Clampoon
Dpremiere
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Question 427
jamb 2010

These questions are based on General Literary Principles.

Both comedy and tragedy have

Aclimax
Btragic hero
Cstanza
Dhappy ending
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Question 428
jamb 2009

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


'Me to the Orangery Solitude invites, a wagtail, to tell the tangled-wood-tale.
Christopher Okigbo: Heavensgate

The complexity of the poem can be ascribed to the poets use of

Aarchaic diction
Bstructural inversion
Ccompound words
Dextended metaphor
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Question 429
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'Tonderal was assisted by the villagers in placing his trunck box into the back of the car and he got into the passenger side of the truck. Initially, he was a bit nervous and clearly uncomfortable. His young mind was asking how someone whom, he had almost caused a serious accident could be his benefactor.'
Daniel T.Manyika: Two World Apart
The narrative point of view used in the extract above can best be described as
Aomniscient
Bsubjective
Cpanoramic
Dscenic
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Question 430
jamb 2009
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'From the sky suspended the strings of tattered pants marched on trembling feet under stone heavy-kits marched, on their breast scared, monogram of skulls and bones'
Ossie Enekwe:Mass for the Dead
The subject matter of the extract above is
Awastage
Bwar
Clove
Dhatred
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