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Question 41

jamb 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.

'Homage to Peregede, the triumphant mother of morning radiant in Chameleon's velvet let today's dawn bring on its rail trains of good tidings.
Gbemisola Adeoti: Salutation to the gods.
The excerpt above is an example of

Ainvocation

Bode

Celegy

Dlimerick

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Question 42

jamb 2011

These questions are based on literary Appreciation.

I have said too much unto a heart of stone, And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is That is but mocks reproof.'
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
A heart of stone in the line above is an example of

Ametonymy

Bassonance

Cmetaphor

Dlitotes

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Question 43

jamb 2011

These questions are based on literary Appreciation.

I am not afraid of anything he told them.
I have done almost everything in this world.
I have committed all crimes you can think of and been jailed for most of them.
I have been in prison for more hours than I have been out of it within the last five years.
In recounting his criminal life, the speaker's tone is

Aregretful

Bsubdued

Crepentant

Dboastful

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Question 44

jamb 2011

These questions are based on literary Appreciation.

''Do not thank me, instead, let me ask you a question. Now you have all come here sprawling, vomiting, rubbing tears on one another begging me to do my duty and help you.
But what about you yourselves? What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace?
Are not people ailing and dying
Ola Rotimi: The Gods Are Not To Blame
In the excerpt above, the land is not at peace because of _____

Achieftancy tussel

Bpolitical unrest

Csickness and death

Dfamine and war

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Question 45

jamb 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.

'In those days
When civilization kicked us in the face
When holy water slapped our cringing brows. The vulture built in the shadow of their talons.'
David Diop: The vulture
The dominant literary device used in the lines above is

Apun

Bpersonification

Csimile

Dmetaphor

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Question 46

jamb 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.

'It was not yet closing time but yet most staff were trooping out of their offices. The lift was working now and he squeezed himself into it,breathing with difficulty the body odour emitted by one the passengers. He sighed with relief when they got to the ground floor and trumbled out of the lift.'
Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Forest of Flowers.
In the excerpt above,the subject's experience in the lift is

Atimely

Bunpleasant

Camusing

Dcomfortable

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Question 47

jamb 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.

'You are the silent cold of pleasure locked in the world worldless wonder
You are the hive of pleasure no dragon can plunder'
Gbemisola Adeoti: Dream code
The excerpt above achieves its rhetorical effect through the use of

Arepetition and meiosis

Bcaesura and hyperbole

Calliteration and irony

Dmetaphor and rhyme

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Question 48

jamb 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
Theseus: Now, fair Hippolyta,our nuptial hour
Draw on space for happy day bring in another moon.
But, O, me thinks how slow.
The old moon wanes,she lingers my desires,
Like to a step-drama or a dowager,
Long withering out a young man's revenue.
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The literary device used in the excerpt above are

Apersonification and simile

Balliteration and synechdoche

Crhyme and refrain

Dirony and suspense

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Question 49

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllable is

Atrochaic decametre

Biambic pentametre

Canapestic metre

Ddactylic metre

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Question 50

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

The plot of a story generally refers to the

Aintrigue made by a character against the hero

Bway in which the events of the story are organized

Cway in which the writer begin the story

Dway the writer ends the story

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Question 51

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

A character who re-enacts familiar experiences that readers easily identify with is

Around character

Bstock character

Cstatic character

Dflat character

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Question 52

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

Plays are basically meant to

Achange the world

Bbe read for pleasure

Cbe presented on stage

Dkeep people out of trouble

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Question 53

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

Travellogue is a work of art written

Aby a famous playwright

Bby an unpopular novelist

Con a journey

Dbefore the death of the author

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Question 54

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

In drama, dramaturge is he who

Awrites or edits plays

Bdirects a play

Cacts a film

Dfeatures in a play

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Question 55

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

A ballad is meant to be

Aacted

Bdiscussed

Cread

Dsung

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Question 56

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of a line is

Aassonance

Bonomatopoeia

Calliteration

Dparallelism

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Question 57

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles

'Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others...
When you induce an opponent to come to you, then their force is always empty,
like attacking emptiness with fullness is throwing stones on eggs.'
Zhang Yu: The Art of War
The theme of the passage above is

Afolly of soldiers

Bspurring people to action

Cwar

Dinspiration

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Question 58

jamb 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
The large space above the proscenium in a theatre from which the scenes are controlled is called

Aaside

Banachronism

Cflies

Dsetting

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