JAMB - Literature In English (2008)

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This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
In the play, Fasuwa represents the
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(C)
old order
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This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
The play opens with a conversation between Aaron and Awere about
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(A)
Aaron's choice of course
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This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
' I still think you can do something about it... persuade him; make him see how frustrating the whole business is bound to be for you.
The whole business in the excerpt above refers to
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(B)
career choice
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This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
The central conflict in the play is
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(C)
generational
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This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
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(A)
James agrees that Aaron and Maanan should study what they want
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
'I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious tale.'
The statement above is in reference to the speaker's
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(B)
imminent death
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
Romeo's death becomes inevitable because
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(C)
Romeo kills Tybalt in a duel
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
The multiple deaths in the play serve as a punishment for
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(A)
imposing life partner on children
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
The major reason for Juliet's grief is
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(C)
the banishment of her lover
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo's and Juliet.
The chorus in the prologue of the play is essentially meant to
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(B)
highlight the characters
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
In the novel, Big Brother metaphorizes a
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(A)
totalitarian authority
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
In the novel, Orwell attempts to
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(C)
condemn the disgusting hypocrisy of all communist systems
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Winston Smith begins his rebellion against the power of the state by
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(B)
keeping a private diary
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This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The Ministry of Truth is concerned with
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(D)
economic affairs, education and propaganda
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal

The events following the ceremony confirm Meka's 

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(A)
disillusion with the whites
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's
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(B)
fgighting
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This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's
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(C)
people's unwillingness to talk about how whitemen treat them
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
Ona has to leave her father's house because
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(A)
of her love for Agbadi
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
The attitude of Nnu Ego when she was told that her >i>Chi would not give her a child is one of
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(B)
despair
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of
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(D)
socitetal intrigue
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

The subject matter of Adeoti's Naked Soles is
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(C)
suffering and despair
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm appeals to the readers' sense of
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(B)
feeling and sight
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

The experts, of course Disagree The urine test they ordered Said, Negative.'The lines above from Acqah's In the Navel of the Soul depict
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(A)
contradiction
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

In Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation, freedom is to be achieved through the efforts of
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(B)
new generation
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

Launko's End of War suggests that war brings about
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(C)
multifaceted problems
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

The persona in the poem Give Me The Minstrel's Seat discourages
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(C)
isolation
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

Marvel's To His Coy Mistress is written mainly in
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(C)
heroic couplets
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

The attitude of the poet-persona to bats, in Lawrence's Bat is one of
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(C)
hatred
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

The language used in Eliot's The Journey of the Magi is generally
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(C)
simple
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

In Cope's Sonnet VII, poetry is
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(B)
a boring act
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An interlude is a brief
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(A)
presentation in the interval of a dramatic performance
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An epic is a heroic story which includes
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(C)
myth
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a
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(A)
saga
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Farce can be described as a dramatic piece marked by
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(B)
comic and exaggerated actions
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Oxymoron is the use of two contrasting words that are
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(C)
placed side by side
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A line or a group of lines repeated in the course of a poem is called
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(B)
refrain
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Limerick is a light verse which consist of five lines that are
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(A)
anapestic
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A short narrative or lyrical poem intended to be sung is a
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(B)
lay
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as

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(A)
metanoia
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This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'You do not have to be brutal to be a soldier, or rather you are brutal not because you are a soldier, but because there is a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army uniforms to give them expression.'Festus lyayi:HeroesThe speaker here contends that
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(B)
human nature has to do with a profession
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This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost.'The depicted is one of
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(A)
destruction
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This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost.'The subject matter of the passage is
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(A)
earthquake
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This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'She even thinks that up in heaven Her class lies late and shores While poor black cherubs rise at seven To do celestial chores.'Countee Cullen: For a Lady I KnowThe tone of the poem above is
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(A)
satiric
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This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.Life, though a vanity Yet, not purpose full in drawling resignation Life's spice is in striveFrom the extract above, the poet suggests that
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(D)
strive makes life worth living
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This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.'An unlucky creation His mother, a street walker;His lying father,A champion at producing bastards.'B.S.: Tibenderana; The BastardThe subject of the poem above is
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(C)
the son