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Question 41
jamb 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

(ACP Yakubu in his office)...

How can that old crook of a Judge acquit and discharge a very clear case of cocaine pushing. What evidence is he looking for?...' The technique used in the excerpt above is called

Ainterior monologue
Bapostrophe
Cdramatic monologue
Dsoliloquy
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Question 42
jamb 2017

This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations.

A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______?

Aelegy
Bepic
Cdirge
Dsonnet
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Question 43
jamb 2017

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

The cap-picking ceremony is to

Abreak the strong will of Yaremi
Bmake Yaremi remarry
Cestablish that she is wicked
Dprove that Ajumobi is not the best
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Question 44
jamb 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

One of the thematic preoccupations of Awonoor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

Aclash of cultures
Brevival of colonalism
Cthe changing face of colonial masters
Dthe good attributes of colonalism
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Question 45
jamb 2017

How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem "the proud king" has?

A119 stanzas and 849 lines
B109 stanzas and 849 lines
C119 stanzas and 850 lines
D109 stanzas and 850 lines
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Question 46
jamb 2017

This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello

“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ”

In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are

Alascivious
Bpetty
Cpretentious
Dthieves
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Question 47
jamb 2017

A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called ___

Aelegy
Bode
Clyrics
Dpastoral
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Question 48
jamb 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

Piano and Drums according to Okara's Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________

Acontradictory tunes
Bcomplementary tunes
Cdifferent cultural milieus
Ddifferent rhythmic appeals
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Question 49
jamb 2017
"The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is
Aassonance
Bconsonance
Conomatopoeia
Dalliteration
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Question 50
jamb 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."

The speaker in the excerpt above is

AAloho
BOgeyi
COdili
DOchuole
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Question 51
jamb 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as

Asober
Bboastful
Cdefiant
Dlanguid
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Question 52
jamb 2017

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son

The story is narrated using the

AOmniscient
Blimited omniscient
Cobjective
Dfirst person
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