Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 41
jamb 2018

He who writes a prose is a__________?

APoet
BWriter
CAuthor
DActor
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Question 42
jamb 2018

“I cannot rest from travel: I will drink, life to the lees, all times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly”. A.L. Tennyson: “Ulysses”

  The lines above inform the reader that the poet

AIs determined to suffer
BHas his poetic imagination kindled
CWill cure his sour mood
DWill not drink much
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Question 43
jamb 2018

"... They do not see the funeral plies, At home eating up the forests..." J.P Clark: “Casualties"

The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through______

 

AMetaphor
BPersonification
CSynecdoche
DMetonymy
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Question 44
jamb 2018

"The drum overwhelmed the guns..." J.P Clark: "Casualties"

The poet in the excerpt above uses

Alitotes
Bsymbolism
Conomatopoeia
Daliteration
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Question 45
jamb 2018

Serrated Shadows, through dark leaves,
Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dapped cells
sensation pained me, faceless, silent as night thieves
Wole Soyinka: "Night" 


The dominant mood in the lines above is one at____________

Aapprehension
Bdefiance
Cjoy
Dindifference
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Question 46
jamb 2018

"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth" Wole Soyinka: "Night". 

 

Night children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of__________

Abirds
Barmed robbers
Canimals
Dspirit beings
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Question 47
jamb 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...


The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_________

Aanger
Balienation
Chope
Ddespair
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Question 48
jamb 2018

Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits
Your ears are like the fans used for blowing fire.



The lines above are a good example of_________

Acaricature
Bridicule
Csatire
Dlampoon
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Question 49
jamb 2018

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

Ametaphor
Bsimile
Cpersonification
Dhyperbole
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Question 50
jamb 2018

The lines are an example of a________?

Alimerick
Blampoon
Clight verse
Dlight opera
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Question 51
jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO

"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?


The speaker of the excerpt above is________

ABrabantio
BOthello
CGratiano
DRoderigo
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Question 52
jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

"Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of

ATravelling
BSick
CDying
DEloping
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Question 53
jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________

 

Ahe prefers lago
BOthello is a moor
CRodgerigo woos her first
DDesdemona is too young
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Question 54
jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Othello kills Desdemona because the_______

Aformer is jealous
Bformer's race is insulted
Clatter is a witch
Dlatter is an idol
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Question 55
jamb 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at comp" 
The device used in the line above is__________

ASimile
BPun
CMetaphor
DParadox
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Question 56
jamb 2018

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

Yaremi's only son is______?

AAlani
BWande
COlode
DDeyo
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Question 57
jamb 2018

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

In the novel, bage cap signifies everlasting ________?

Ahappiness
Bsorrow
Cfreedom
Ddespair
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Question 58
jamb 2018

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

Widows mourning in Kofi wear garments that are________???

AWhite
BRed
CBlack
DGreen
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Question 59
jamb 2018

The question is based on Richard Wright’s NATIVE SON

Mr Dalton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are

Atogether
Bservant in the white family
Ceducated
Dgiven some respect
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Question 60
jamb 2018

The question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son

Weekly, Bigger is to be paid_________?

ATwenty Dollars
BTwenty Five Dollars
CThirty Dollars
DThirty Five Dollars
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