Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 631
jamb 2001

The traditional verse form of speech as dialogue in Twelfth Night is used to symbolize the

Aimpressiveness of the character
Bdistinction between verse and prose
Cfunction of poetry in the play
Dtraditionlity of the play
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Question 632
jamb 2001

Duke:
Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
Rather than make unprofited return.

Duke's statement above to Cesario means that he should

Amake trouble to see Olivia
Bjump the fence to see Olivia
Cshout to be seen and heard by Olivia
Dfortify himself against any denial to see Olivia
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Question 633
jamb 2001

Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid...

In the lines above, the character is

Aexpressing his unhappiness about death
Bexpressing his preference for a cypress coffin
Clamenting over his unreciprocated love
Dwishing for death to come
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Question 634
jamb 2001

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is almost an apple; 't is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.

The images in the quotation above express the speaker's

Acontempt and admiration
Bhatred and pity
Ccontempt and disregard
Ddisregard and pity
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Question 635
jamb 2001

The frequent intervention of the Director makes the stage experience of Morountodun very

Aprolonged
Bboring
Cinformal
Duncoordinated
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Question 636
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 637
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 638
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 639
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 640
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 641
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 642
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 643
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 644
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 645
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 646
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 647
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 648
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 649
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 650
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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