Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 441
jamb 2009

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
.....So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them'.
What makes Juliet's night so tedious is the

Amurder of Tybalt by Romeo
Barranged marriage between her and Paris
Ceagerness to be married to Romeo
Dunconsummated marriage with Romeo
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Question 442
jamb 2009

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
When Friar Lawrence asks if the bride is ready, he wants to know if

AJuliet is prepared
BRoseline is prepared
Cthe corpse is ready
Dthe birde is dressed
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Question 443
jamb 2009

This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
,Now look what we have:a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!'
The device used by Aaron in the excerpt above is

Asuspense
Brhetorical questions
Coxymoron
Dallegory
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Question 444
jamb 2009

This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
What causes the strained relationship between James and Lawyer B?

ABetrayal of trust
BStandard of education
CWorking experience
DFamily differences
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Question 445
jamb 2009

This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
James Ofosu's desire is to see Maanan trained as

Aa choreographer
Ban attorney
Can accountant
Da surgeon
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Question 446
jamb 2009

This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
The plot of the play is

Alinear
Bcyclical
Ccomplicated
Depisodic
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Question 447
jamb 2009

This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
In the play, the character of Lawyer B is presented through the use of

Aplay-within-the-play
Bflashback
Cdialogue
Dirony
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Question 448
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Principles.

A literary work which imitates another in a distorted form is called

Aexodium
Bisocohen
Cmetonymy
Dburlesque
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Question 449
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

If the Earth were mortal

Where would the flower live?

If you left the Earth

What would happen to beauty?

The poet's tone above can be described as

Alamentative
Bsatiric
Cimploring
Dadoring
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Question 450
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Today's my last day here. I'm done banging my head against the glass ceiling. They think I don't know why they really hired me. They're talking to dad behind my back. Begging for favours. Work permit renewals. Licences. Tax and duty waivers. Contracts and tenders

Ken Kamoche: A fragile Hope

The technique employed in narrating the excerpt above is

Aflashback
Bstream of consciousness
Cforeshadowing
Dplay-within-the-play
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Question 451
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'My heart leaps up when I behold

A rain in the sky:

So was it when my life began;or

Let me die!

The Child is the father of the man;

And I could wish my day to be

Bound each to each by natural piety.'

William Wordsworth: My heart leaps up when I behold

The expression 'The child is the father of the man' in the poem above is an example of

Aparadox
Bmetaphor
Csimile
Dellipsis
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Question 452
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Sweet smile in time of snarl gives pride in spite of sneer sing, rid this world of despair and save a snared heart from cascading stream of strife.

The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

Arhyme
Balliteration
Crepetition
Donomatopoeia
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Question 453
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'An unlucky creation

His mother, a streetwalker;

His lying father,

A champion at producing bastards.'

B.S.: Tibenderana: The Bastard

The subject of the poem above is

Aa prostitute
Bthe lying father
Cthe son
Dthe orphan
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Question 454
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Life, though a vanity

Yet, not purposeful in drawing resignation

Life's spice is in strife

From the extract above, the poet suggests that

Alife is full of care
Bthere can't be life without strife
Clife is worthwhile without care
Dstrife makes life worth living
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Question 455
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'She even thinks that up in heaven

Her class lies late and shores

While poor black cherubs rise at seven

To do celestial chores.'

Countee Cullen: For a Lady I Know

The tone of the poem above is

Asatiric
Baffectionate
Cindifferent
Dsympathetic
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Question 456
jamb 2008

The subject matter of the passage is

Aearthquake
Bdemolition
Cflood
Dstorm
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Question 457
jamb 2008

The depicted image is one of

Adestruction
Bdejection
Chappiness
Dadmiration
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Question 458
jamb 2008

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'You do not have to be brutal to be a soldier, or rather you are brutal not because you are a soldier, but because there is a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army uniforms to give them expression.'

Festus lyayi:Heroes

The speaker here contends that

Asoldiers are generally wicked
Bhuman nature has to do with a profession
Csoldiers are characteristically gentle
Dthe latent brutality in man finds expression in war
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Question 459
jamb 2008

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as

Ametanoia
Bmetaphysical
Cmetalanguage
Dmetalepsis
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Question 460
jamb 2008

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A short narrative or lyrical poem intended to be sung is a

Aleich
Blay
Clauda
Dletrilla
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