Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

"Listen...they will tell you...
to beat drums is mere children's play,
the adult's is to start echoes...

The lines above from Launkos' End of the War, enhance the

Alanguage of the poem
Buse of imagery
Crhyme of the poem
Drhythm of the poem
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Question 2
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

Acquah's In The Navel of the Soul describes the

Alack of experienced midwives in the society
Bexcesses of the new generation churches and politicians
Ccomplications of motherhood and child bearing
Dconflict between the church and tradition
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Question 3
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

The theme of Eliot's The Journey of Magi is

Anature
Bjourney
Cquest for salvation
Descape from persecution
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Question 4
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

Lawrence's Bat opens with the description of the

Abats
Bscenery
Cscene
Dcreatures
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Question 5
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

"Time winged chariot"

The line above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress depicts

Athe measurement of time
Bhow fast events unfold
Chow fast time flies
Dthe usefulness of time
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Question 6
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

"Let me ask for what reason or rhyme
women refuse to marry?
Woman cannot exist except by man,
what is there in that to vex some of them so?

The lines above from "Give Me The Minstrel's Seat" is an example of

Apathetic fallacy
Bchiasmus
Crhetorical statement
Drhetorical question
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Question 7
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."

The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of

Aanecdote
Baside
Capostrophe
Dallusion
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Question 8
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm can be described as

Atraditional
Bsatiritical
Cdidactic
Ddramatic
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Question 9
jamb 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.

The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeoti's Naked Soles is

Ahyperbole
Bonomatopoeia
Czeugma
Doxymoron
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Question 10
jamb 2013

Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith works in the Record Department of the Ministry of

APeace
BPlenty
CLove
DTruth
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Question 11
jamb 2013

Based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the instruments of power and torture belong to

Athe thought police
Bindividuals
Cthe government
Dthe party
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Question 12
jamb 2013

Based on George Orwell's Ninety Eighty-Four, the Ministry of Love is concerned with

Apeace and freedom
Btorture and pain
Cjoy and peace
Dhatred and pain
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Question 13
jamb 2013

Based on Buchi Emecheta''s The Joys of Motherhood, Adaku remains faithful to Nnaife until she

Ais rebuked by the Ibuza society for abusing Nnu Ego
Bbecomes rich and powerful
Cstarts keeping unnecesary friends
Dis unable to give birth to a male child
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Question 14
jamb 2013

Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood,

According to the novel Nnaife becomes frustrated when

Ahis wife gives birth to female twins
Bhe is recruited into the army
COshiaju secures a scholarship to study abroad
Dhe is arrested and charged for attempted murder of his inlaw
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Question 15
jamb 2013

In Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Nnu Ego is blamed for the misfortunes of her

Aparents
Bhusband
Csiblings
Dchildren
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Question 16
jamb 2013

"Since I came to this country I have never seen cocoa as well dried as yours."

Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the speaker above is

Athe Catechist
BNua
CNkolo
Dthe Commandant
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Question 17
jamb 2013

Based on Ferdinand Oyono's the Old Man and the Medal, for his sacrifices to the church, Meka gets

Aa place near an aged leper
Ba land to build a new house
Cappointed into the church elders' council
Dthe privilegde to choose a permanent place to sit
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Question 18
jamb 2013

"....Put up thy sword
Or manage it to part these men with me."

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speech above was made when

ARomeo and Paris engaged themselves in a fight
BBenvolio tries to separate the servants of the feuding families
CTybalt challenges Romeo to duel
DPrince Escalus arrives to make peace between the families
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Question 19
jamb 2013

"O'deadly sin! O rude unthankfulness!
Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind
Prince, taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law,
And turned that black word "death" to banishment."
 

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the speaker in the passage above is

AApothecary
BLord Capulet
CLord Montague
DFriar Lawrence
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Question 20
jamb 2013

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo's mood at the beginning of the play can be described as

Afrustrated and pensive
Bgay and elated
Cmelancholic and sentimental
Ddreamy and hopeful
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