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Question 501
jamb 2016
This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In a tragic play the device used to reduce tension is known as
Acomic relief
Brhetoric
Canti-climax
Dclimax
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Question 502
jamb 2016

Hallowell's The Dining Table can be referred to as a

Atraditional poem
Ba lyric
Cdramatic monologue
Dballad
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Question 503
jamb 2016

The dominant literary device in Diop's Vanity is

Arhetorical question
Ballusion
Chyperbole
Ddramatic irony
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Question 504
jamb 2016

According to Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is

Apoor
Breligious
Chopeful
Dfrustrated
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Question 505
jamb 2016


'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'

The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as

Asmart
Bsick
Cweak
Dstrong
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Question 506
jamb 2016


One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

Aeducation
Bslavery
Ccolonisation
Dcorruption
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Question 507
jamb 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep. Turns again home.'


The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above from Tennyson's crossing the Bar is

Aabac
Babba
Cabab
Dabcb
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Question 508
jamb 2016

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

'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is

Aauditory
Bgustatory
Ctactile
Dvisual
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Question 509
jamb 2016
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

'awaiting in ambush'
ambush in the line above from Adeoti's Ambush symbolises
Aexploit
Bfrustration
Cdanger
Dpain
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Question 510
jamb 2016

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

The tone of the persona in Blake's The School Boy is that of

Afear
Bfulfillment
Ccontempt
Dneutrality
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Question 511
jamb 2016

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

The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of

Afable
Beuphemism
Callegory
Dsymbolism
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Question 512
jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of

Abeing more educated
Baccommodation
Cgood job
Dthe rights to vote
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Question 513
jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

You want to know something then you run like a rabbit'

The device used in the line above is

Apun
Bpersonification
Cmetaphor
Dsimile
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Question 514
jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

The family that donates to charity is

Athe Thomas
BBuckleys
Cthe Daltons
Dthe Earlones
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Question 515
jamb 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

One of the pictures Bigger sees on the pamphlet given to him by Jan is that of a

Aknife and a sword
Bknife and gun
Chammer and a sickle
Dmatchet and a hammer
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Question 516
jamb 2016

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

Kufi is a

AChristian community
Bpagan society
CMuslim community
Dtraditional society
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Question 517
jamb 2016

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

In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with

Aindifference
Bsuspicion
Celation
Danger
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Question 518
jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.

Kabria's second child is

AOttu
BAdade
CEssie
DObea
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Question 519
jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
After impregnating Maa Tsuru, Kwei's family treats him like a

Arenegade
Bleper
Cforeigner
Ddesperado
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Question 520
jamb 2016

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
'Ordaley ignored the two young women plating their hair because she didn't want to generate another war with a simple greeting'
The image depicted in the lines above is

Aironic
Bpersonification
Chyperbolic
Dmetaphoric
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