Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 41
jamb 2001

The war in Femi Osofisan's Morountondun symbolizes the struggle between the

Acapitalists and the socialists
Bbourgeoisie and the proleteriat
Cmarket women and the men
Dfarmers and the consumers
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Question 42
jamb 2001

The sub-plots of the play are united by

Aan interest in peace
Bthe audience participlation
Ca lack of focus
Da common concern for the heroine
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Question 43
jamb 2001

The character of Marshal in the play shows that

Ahuman beings are selfless
Bhuman beings are the same
Cmen love women
Dhuman beings love power
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Question 44
jamb 2001

The marriage of Adah and Francis collapses because of

AAdah's unifaithfulness to Francis
Bthe influence of British culture
CAdah's desire for personal fulfilment
Dexternal pressures on the couple
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Question 45
jamb 2001

Pa Noble became a living legend because

Aseveral conflicting stories were woven around him
Bhe attained the status of a first-class citizen
Che was the only successful son of a Benin chief
Dhe was rich and very generous
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Question 46
jamb 2001

Laye's first-person narrative techinique

Amakes the work very humorous
Bmakes his work less realistic
Cquickens the tempo of his narrative
Dmakes his story more believable
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Question 47
jamb 2001

The setting of The African Child is a kingdom with

AIslamic and modern traditions
Bpre-Islamic and Islamic traditions
Cpre-Islamic traditions
Dpre-Islamic and modern traditions
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Question 48
jamb 2001

Laye's stay with Uncle Mamadou reveals a lot about

Ahis unwillingness to stay with his parents
Bhis affection for his uncle
Cthe strength of communal living in Africa
Dthe irresponsibility of his parents
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Question 49
jamb 2001

Santiago loses his catch to the sharks because

Athe blood attracts them
Bhe does not sail home early
Cthe sharks are predators
Dit is too dark
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Question 50
jamb 2001

The Old Man and the Sea epitomises

Athe relationship between a man and a fish
Bthe vain expectations of man
Clife on the high seas
Da fulfilled life
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Question 51
jamb 2001

The skeleton of the marlin implies the

Asharks' predatory inclination
Bfutility of human struggle
Cold man's lack of faith
Dold man's incompetence in fishing
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Question 52
jamb 2001

The character 'boy' is used alongside 'the old Man' in the novel to demonstrate.

Athe humiliation that is in old age
Bman's refudeal to grow old
Cdifferent types of characters in the story
Dthe failing productivity that accompanies old age
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Question 53
jamb 2001

'Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned.
He knew this was one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.'
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth.

The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of

Alabyrinth
Bdrowning
Cforgetfulness
Dtrance
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Question 54
jamb 2001

'Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man who proceeds upon the principle that two is not to be talked into allowing for anything over.'
Charles Dickens, Hard Times

From the passage above, Thomas Gradgrind is

Adogmatic
Bhostile
Ctheoretical
Deloguent
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Question 55
jamb 2001

'We have been asleep, Mr. Speaker, my fellow citizens; asleep in our dream of security! Asleep in our well-meaning, sportsmanlike way of wishing the other fellow well. Asleep in the false security of accepting all men of goodwill who would be free as men of honor.'
Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth.

The force of the speech above is sustained on.

Adelivery
Bmusicality
Crepetition
Doratory
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Question 56
jamb 2001

'For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that complained in his hair.'
John Updike, Wash

The images set in the lines above are of

Athe days of Noah
Brain and flood in June
Cdiscomfort and likely destruction
Dan animal, insects and fun
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Question 57
jamb 2001

'CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle,
CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.
BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next.
sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy when you've abandoned it for some time...
Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.

The literary devices in the dialogue above are

Ahumour and irony
Ballusion and paradox
Cirony and parody
Dhyperbole and allusion
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Question 58
jamb 2001

'When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it, I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose.
I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor.'
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.

The reaction in the passage above is that of

Arejection
Banger
Cprotest
Dnausea
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Question 59
jamb 2001

'Symbol of fruitfulness, symbol of barrenness Mother and destroyer, the calm and the storm!
Life and desire and dreams and death
Frank Collymore, Hymn to the Sea,

The address to the sea in the lines above is done by the use of

Apersonification
Bpraise
Csymbolism
Dapostrophe
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