Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

How does Question Gertrude finally die?

AThrough strangulation
BBy venomed sword
Cfrom poisoned drink
Dof snake bite
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Question 2
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

In the play, the two revenge plots revolve around

AHamlet against Polonius and Laertes against Claudius
BHamlet against Claudius and Laertes gainst Hamlet
CClaudius against Hamlet and Laertes against Gertrude
DOphelia against Hamlet and Laertes against Hamlet
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Question 3
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'' 'The white man of God is coming here for Easter! The white man of God is coming to spend Easter with us!' This was the talk everywhere in Nkar among the old and young, even among the pagans. We had been taught everything about him in advance, When he comes we should observe his beard and see if it was not forked like that of .Christ.''

Kenjo Jumban: The white man of God

From the passage, the white man of God is treated with

Aawe
Bderision
Csuspicion
Dindifference
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Question 4
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'O'let us have him, for his silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion and buy men's voices to commend our deeds it shall be said his judgement rules our hands. Our youths and wildness shall not whit appear, But all be buried in his gravity.
William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
In the excerpt above, his silver hairs refers to

Aa judicial wig
Bmake-up
Cold age
Dwealth
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Question 5
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with no trademan's matters nor women's matters, but withal- I am indeed, sir,a surgeon to ild shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.'William Shakespeare: Julius CaesarThe speaker in the excerpt above is a
Asurgeon
Bmeddler
Ccobbler
Dtrader
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Question 6
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is
Asubmissive
Binciting
Cdiplomatic
Dimploring
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Question 7
jamb 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

'Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.'

J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The Boat

From the excerpt above, the speaker is

Abereaved
Bhomeless
Crecovering from an illness
Da trained nurse
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Question 8
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

KATE:No shame but mine. I must, forsooth be forcedTo give my hand opposed against my heart Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen, Who wooed in haste and means to weel at leisure, I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourWilliam Shakespear:The Taming of the ShrewIn the excerpt above, it is clear that the speaker is
Acontented
Bindifferent
Canxious
Denthusiastic
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Question 9
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation


And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'
Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain
From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being
Aparadoxical
Banttithetical
Cillogical
Dtautological
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Question 10
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

I will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is
Arepetition
Bchronological
Crefrain
Dparallelism
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Question 11
jamb 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

'Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a legendary scion of the soil the brief sack with bulging stomach.'The poem achieves its significant effect through the use of

Aquatrain and imagery
Brhyme andsimile
Conomatopoeia and alliteration
Dalliteration and personification
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Question 12
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

If I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice...

Ismeal Heron:Pardon me.

The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

Aplagiarism
Banaphora
Cparalipsis
Dalliteration
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Question 13
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles

The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as
Ahamartia
Banagnorisis
Chubris
Danamnesis
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Question 14
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
That quality in a literary work which evokes tenderness, pity or sorrow is
Apathopoeia
Bpathos
Cpataphysics
Dpatois
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Question 15
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called

Aepanalepsis
Bantithesis
Cenvoi
Dirony
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Question 16
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles
Which of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue?
ALament
BOde
CSonnet
DEpic
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Question 17
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Black theater is drama concerned with

Amourners dressed in black
Bactors of black origin
Cthe identity of black Americans
DAfricans of West Indian origin
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Question 18
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

Aepitasis
Bprotasis
Ccatharsis
Dcatastasis
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Question 19
jamb 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Chanson is a term denoting a

Apoem of varied metrical froms
Bfrom of love song
Csong from the Middle Ages
Dpopular Korean verse
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Question 20
jamb 2007
This question is based on General Literary Principles

Zeugma is a figurative device in which a
Anoun refers to two parts of an expression
Bconjunction governs two parts of an expression
Cverb refers to two parts of an expression
Dpronoun governs two parts of an expression
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