JAMB - Literature In English (2014)

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An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
Answer
(C)
pathos
2
Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is
Answer
(A)
catharsis
3
A device in drama where a character speaks alone is
Answer
(A)
soliloquy
4
A plot in a literary work is about
Answer
(B)
casual arrangement of events
5
Tone and mood of a poem refers to
Answer
(B)
atmosphere
6
A funny incident within a serious situation is
Answer
(B)
comic relief
7
In literature, a flat character can be described as one who
Answer
(A)
is undeveloped
8
Dramatis personae in a play refers to
Answer
(A)
a list of characters
9
The speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called
Answer
(B)
an epilogue
10
Which of the following is central to narrative fiction ?
Answer
(D)
Subjectivity
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He put himself in uniform, made one for
his five-year-old son, and marched with
the infant from dawn till noon every
market day, on the main road singing
'Kayiwawa beturi...

The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as
Answer
(B)
abnormal
12
He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of
Answer
(D)
oxymoron
13
Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is
Answer
(B)
innuendo
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And when you trudge on your horny Pads
gullied like the soles of modern shoes
Pads that even jiggers cannot conquer

Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a
Answer
(A)
sole of a pauper
15
"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'

P.B. Shelley:Sonnet

The stanza above is an example of a
Answer
(C)
quatrain
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'This thing you are doing is too heavy
for you, he said.'I went to school only a little
but i have killed many more years in this
world than you have.'

G. Okara: The Voice

It can be inferred from the the passage above that the
Answer
(B)
speaker is more experienced
17
Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, the gods are portrayed as
Answer
(A)
saviours of mankind
18
Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Orisaye describes Balogun Kusa as
Answer
(B)
a great warrior
19
Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Erelu is
Answer
(B)
the oldest wife of the Oba Akinjobi
20
Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Balogun Kusa is killed by a
Answer
(A)
soldier
21
Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Ariel is identified as
Answer
(B)
leader of the spirits
22
Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Before the shipwreck that occurred at the beginning of the play, Prospero and his daughter lived in the island for
Answer
(C)
twelve years
23
Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Caliban's intention to rape Miranda is born out of the desire to
Answer
(A)
marry her
24
Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, one of the changes introduced into St Agnes' Church by Father Benedict is that
Answer
(A)
everyone must take holy communion
25
Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, Eugene Achike in the novel is portrayed as
Answer
(D)
a fanatical Catholic adherent
26
Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, in the Achike family,the character who is central to the theme is
Answer
(A)
Jaja
27
Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the type of fish caught by Santiago after days of effort is
Answer
(D)
marlin
28
Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,the novel demonstrates the
Answer
(A)
struggle of man against defeat
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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 tone of Umeh's Ambassadors of Poverty can be described as
Answer
(C)
sarcastic
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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.

In Owonibi's Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars
Answer
(A)
are concerned with their daily needs
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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.

Cheney-Coker's Myopia is a
Answer
(C)
lament
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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.

Jared Angira is an African Poet from
Answer
(C)
Kenya
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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 technique used in Serenade is
Answer
(A)
apostrophe
34
Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,the character associated with savagery in the play is
Answer
(A)
Ferdinand
35
Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Prospero is portrayed as a man who is
Answer
(C)
more interested in studying than in governance
36
Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the novel explores the theme of
Answer
(A)
child quest of an African woman
37
Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the worst calamity that can befall a woman is
Answer
(A)
barreness
38
Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime,Asogo is a game in which
Answer
(B)
fathers narrate animal stories
39
Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the novel explores the theme of
Answer
(A)
child quest of an African woman
40
Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, in the Achike family,the character who is central to the theme is
Answer
(A)
Jaja
41
Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite
Answer
(A)
warm and friendly
42
Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,Santiago's second dream occurs
Answer
(B)
the night before his fishing expedition
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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 image in Adeoti's Hard Lines is
Answer
(C)
gustatory
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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.

Jared Angira is an African Poet from
Answer
(C)
Kenya
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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 sun in Donne's The Sun Rising is depicted through the use of
Answer
(A)
apostrophe