Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Willy's first words show that his coming back is

Aill-timed
Btoo early
Cnot expected
Dnormal
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Question 2
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Linda's words above express a feeling of

Adarkness and horror
Bfear and sadness
Cfear and anxiety
Dsuspicion and shock
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Question 3
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs...
I have never known you but your blood flows in my veins
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields....

David Diop, "Africa"

In the lines above, Diop uses

Apersonification
Bmetaphor
Csimile
Donomatopoeia
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Question 4
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Thus; quixoting till a cast-off of my land I sing and fare, person to loved-one pressed braced for this pressure and the captor's hand that snaps off service like a weathered strand...'

Dennis Brutus 'A Troubadour I Traverse'

In the lines above, the poet-persona expresses

Adefiance
Bresignation
Cfear
Dsorrow
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Question 5
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'Those who have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying let them spend our earth's fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war. The last banquet shall be their children's blood.

Kofi Anyidoho, "Blood Harvest"

The stanza above succinctly presents the

Aproblem of war
Bproblem of hunger
Cfolly of soldiers
Drepercussion of violence
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Question 6
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'In Umuaro it is not our custom to refuse a call, although we may refuse to do what the caller asks.  Ezeulu does not want to refuse the white man's call and so he is sending his son!'

Chinua Achebe, Arrow of God

The lines above illustrate the use of

Adeep metaphor
Bextended proverb
Ctraditional parable
Dlocal colour
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Question 7
jamb 2000

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'He would hear the heavy uneven breathing of the child. It was as if she were carrying a weight with great effort up a long hill...He prayed again ''Father, look after her. Give her peace...Take away my peace forever, but give her peace''

Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter.

The man's reactions to the presence of the dying child show that he is

Atolerant
Bcompassionate
Cprayerful
Dloving
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Question 8
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Lineation refers to

Atracing family descent of poeple in verse
Bthe unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
Cthe arrangement of lines in verse form
Dthe grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
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Question 9
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Mock-heroic poetry elevates

Athe beauty in human relationships as exemplified in Homer
Btrivial subject-matter by using the style of the classical epic
Cthe stripping off of appearances in a witty manner
Dthe important tales of heroes of the past era
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Question 10
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated is an instance of

Aparody
Bparadox
Cparallelism
Dmetonymy
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Question 11
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is

Amotif
Britual
Cmyth
Dconcept
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Question 12
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A novel which focuses on the adventures of a rogue who does not change much in the course of the story is

Aromanesque
Bgrotesque
Cpicaresque
Dburlesque
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Question 13
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A trilogy is the

Asequence of three one-act drama written by the same author
Bset of three plays written by the same authors
Ccollection of three poems of equal length
Dseries of related stories divided into three equal parts
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Question 14
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A primary ballad is associated with

Aeducated people
Burban folk
Cthe nomads
Drural folk
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Question 15
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

Asubjective narrator
Bobjective narrator
Comniscient narrator
Dparticipatory narrator
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Question 16
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A panegyric poem is composed to

Aabuse
Bcondemn
Cpraise
Delaborate
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Question 17
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A character who does not develop or experience change in the course of his or her existence in a novel is a

Around character
Bflat character
Crounded character
Dmajor character
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Question 18
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The figure of speech in which a character makes a statement that has or would have deep and serious implications in the play is

Aaside
Beuphemism
Cdramatic irony
Dtextual contrast
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Question 19
jamb 2000

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The term for the moral flaw or weakness that leads to the downfall of a major character in drama is

Achaos
Bhamartia
Cdenouement
Dreversal
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Question 20
jamb 2000

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

In "Ode on a Grecian Urn," John Keats is concerned with

Athe impermanence of the Grecian Urn
Bhuman and eternal love
Cthe youthfulness of lovers
Deverlasting beauty of art
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