Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 41
jamb 2025

This question is based on HEARTY GARLANDS.

What is the occasion that inspires the poem?

AA retirement send-off
BA political victory
CA birthday celebration
DA funeral tribute
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Question 42
jamb 2025

This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.

The temporal setting of the novel is?

Athe 1960s and 1970s
Bthe renaissance
Cthe 1990s and early 2000s
Dthe 2010s
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Question 43
jamb 2025

This question is based on SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.

The expression "one shade the more, one ray the less" underscores

AThe woman's dual nature
BHer exaggerated features
CThe speaker's confusion
DThe precision and delicacy of her beauty
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Question 44
jamb 2025

This question is based on NOT MY BUSINESS.

Which literary technique dominates the poem?

AAllegory
BLimerick
CHyperbole
DFree verse
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Question 45
jamb 2025

This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

'You amble on we can no longer

wait for nature's course

we must deliver

you with force' 

Amelia House, 'Our Sun Rises'

The mood in the lines above is one of

Afear
Bindignation
Cjoy
Dsorrow
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Question 46
jamb 2025

This question is based on NIGHT.

The sea in the poem is presented as:

AA place of joyful celebration
BA symbol of natural vitality subdued by Night
CA metaphor for human struggle
DA neutral force in the world
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Question 47
jamb 2025

This question is based on MARRIAGE OF ANANSEWA.

Who is Aya in relation to Ananse?

AHis neighbour
BHis sister
CHis mother
DHis aunt
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Question 48
jamb 2025

This question is based on THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE.

The final escape of Chanticleer is due to—

AThe widow's intervention
BThe hens' distraction
CHis flying ability
DHis clever use of flattery
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Question 49
jamb 2025

 A central theme in the poem NOT MY BUSINESS is:

ACourage
BPolitical complacency
CGreed
DSuccess
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Question 50
jamb 2025

This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.

What deeper meaning can be attached to Lucas's work on the farm?

ALabour as a burden
BNature as the enemy
CAn escape from Isabelle
DWork as spiritual discipline and sacrifice
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Question 51
jamb 2025

'Ibadan,

running splash of rust

and gold - flung and scattered

among seven hills like broken

china in the sun.'

J.P. Clark, 'Ibadan'

The poem above is memorable for its:

AMetaphor
BHeroism
CPun
DLyricism
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Question 52
jamb 2025

This question is based on THE BREASTS OF THE SEA.

The image "coelacanth was recaptured" suggests:

AA mythological event
BHumanity's domination of all species
CThe rediscovery of something ancient and resilient
DA failed military operation
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Question 53
jamb 2025

This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Enobarbus: "Caesar's whole fleet's at sea: / Well spread and almost yare. For he's not dumb, / That tells my departure."

Agrippa: "Let's grant it is not / Amiss to tumble on the bed of Ptolemy; / To give a kingdom for a mirth, to sit / And keep the turn of tippling with a slave..."

What tone is used in the above excerpt and why?

ARegretful, Caesar wishes to reconcile
BFormal, discussing royal marriages
CDramatic, urging Antony to return to war
DSarcastic, mocking Antony's loss of dignity
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Question 54
jamb 2025

This question is based on ONCE UPON A TIME.

"I have learned to wear many faces / like dresses..." uses which poetic device?

AHyperbole
BSimile
CIrony
DMetonymy
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Question 55
jamb 2025

This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

In Act III, Scene II, Antony blames Cleopatra for:

ABetraying him to Octavius
BMarrying Caesar in secret
CEncouraging war with Lepidus
DCausing the loss at Actium by fleeing
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Question 56
jamb 2025

This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.

What does Lucas's refusal to remarry after Isabelle's death reveal about his core values?

AHe is socially pressured
BHis loyalty and emotional fidelity transcend death
CHe feels guilty for her illness
DHe resents women
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Question 57
jamb 2025

This question is based on SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.

What does the poet mean by "all that's best of dark and bright"?

AThe woman is both good and evil
BShe is indecisive in character
CShe reflects a perfect balance of opposites
DHer personality is confusing
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Question 58
jamb 2025

This question is based on REDEMPTION ROAD.

What does Benji's story reveal about the long-term consequences of political silence?

ASilence protects dignity
BSilence fosters reconciliation
CSilence secures promotions
DSilence can lead to invisibility and forgotten sacrifices
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Question 59
jamb 2025

When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of:

Airony
Bparadox
Cparallelism
Dcontrast
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Question 60
jamb 2025

This question is based on PATH OF LUCAS.

What is the deeper symbolic implication of Lucy's coma?

AA critique of medical incompetence
BA symbol of past sins
CA metaphor for emotional disconnect between generations
DA reflection of her guilt
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