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Question 1

jamb 2023

This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
What destination does the young Catherine have in mind when she leaves Thrushcross Grange for the first time?

AWuthering Heights

BThe nearby village

CThe fairy caves at Penistone Crags

DLondon, where her cousin Linton lives

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Question 2

jamb 2023

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
Which character may be an allegory of Nigeria itself?

ABaroka

BSadiku

Clakunle

DSidi

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Question 3

jamb 2023

This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
Which of the following characters dies last?

ACatherine

BHeathcliff

CLinton

DMr. Linton

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Question 4

jamb 2023

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
The opening act in the plays takes place at______

Athe village market

Bthe roadside to the farm

Cthe baale's room

Dby the village stream

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Question 5

jamb 2023

This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
Who is Mr Cole?

Aa black tenant at the first apartment at England

BAdah's colleague at the Consulate

CAdah's nephew she's forced to live with after Pa's death

DAdah's elementary school teacher

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Question 6

jamb 2023

This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?

AA bridle for her horse

BA fiddle

CFruit

DA set of paints

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Question 7

jamb 2023

PROSE: AFRICAN: UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN

What distinguishes Nii Tackie from every other Ghanaian?

AHis accent

BHis face

CHis tribal mark

DHis skin

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Question 8

jamb 2023

This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER.
Who was the first-person Alison informed about her pregnancy?

Aher parents

BJimmy

CHelena

DCliff

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Question 9

jamb 2023

This question is based on UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN.
How did Mama Orojo meet Tom Monday.

Ashe met him on her trip to Ghana

Bshe met him on an evangelism trip

Cshe met him during the religious riot

Dshe met him at the restaurant

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Question 10

jamb 2023

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
In the play, the jewel of Ilujinle is____

ASadiku

BBaroka

CLakunle

DSidi

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Question 11

jamb 2023

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
Sidi insisted on the payment of her bride-price because it indicates that she_____

Ais a virgin

Bhas a wealthy family

Cis of marriageable age

Dis free from her family

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Question 12

jamb 2023

This question is based on UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN.
Which of these characters is at the center of the impact of the xenophobic attack in the novel?

ANii Tackie

BEzla

CMassa

DAaron Tsuru

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Question 13

jamb 2023

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
The use of language in the play is written in both___ and ___ forms.

Avague and prosaic.

Bprosaic and poetic.

Carchaic and vague.

Dambiguous and lyrical

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Question 14

jamb 2023

This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER.
What were the other businesses Jimmy porter had tried apart from the sweet stall business?

Afarming, teaching and advertising

BTeaching, painting and trumpeting

CJournalism, faming and teaching.

DJournalism, advertising, and vacuum cleaning

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Question 15

jamb 2023

This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
The novel is set after which major war?

AFirst World War (1914-1918)

BAba Women Riot (1929)

CSecond World War (1939-1945)

DThe Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)

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Question 16

jamb 2023

A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is

AEpistolary

BHistorical

CSociological

DGothic

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Question 17

jamb 2023

This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.

"Many years on wheels" The reference to "wheels" exemplifies the use of ___ in the poem.

Aclimax

Bpersonification

Cmetonymy

Dsynecdoche

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Question 18

jamb 2023

A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

Aharrangue

Bdiscourse

Cmonologue

Dsaga

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Question 19

jamb 2023

The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge is known as

AAnamnesis

BAnagnorisis

CHamartia

DHubris

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Question 20

jamb 2023

This question is based on THE GOOD MORROW.
Use this excerpt to answer question

"If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee."

The excerpt above evokes the use of ____

AOlfactory imagery

BTactile

CAuditory imagery

DVisual imagery

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