1990 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
When a character in a literary work exists primarily to enhance, through contrast, the portrayal of the personal traits of another character is a
When a character in a literary work exists primarily to enhance, through contrast, the portrayal of the personal traits of another character is a
A
protagonist
B
antagonist
C
mirror character
D
foil
correct option: d
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A statement whose meaning is contrary to that openly expressed is an example of
A statement whose meaning is contrary to that openly expressed is an example of
A
metaphor
B
oxymoron
C
irony
D
personification
correct option: c
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Which of the following is central to narrative fiction?
Which of the following is central to narrative fiction?
A
Sequence of events
B
Dialogue
C
Objectivity
D
Subjectivity
correct option: a
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Which of the following could be applicable to all genres?
Which of the following could be applicable to all genres?
A
Symbolism
B
Rhythm
C
Action
D
Narration
correct option: c
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A paradox is
A paradox is
A
applied to a word or combination of words whose sound resembles the sense
B
a statement which seems self-contraditory or absurd, yet turns out to have a valid meaning
C
an episode of pantomime introduced through gesture and bodily movement in a play
D
an elaborately conceived poem expressing an urban poet's nostalgia for life in the country
correct option: b
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
In literary criticism, a casual reference to a figure or an event is regarded as an
In literary criticism, a casual reference to a figure or an event is regarded as an
A
alliteration
B
allegory
C
allusion
D
ambiguity
correct option: c
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
A necessary quality of every work of literature is that it
A necessary quality of every work of literature is that it
A
shows a creative use of language
B
has to be publishable in order to gain wide acceptance
C
teaches a moral lesson
D
characters or actors
correct option: a
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
'Beautiful Kareendi, flower of my heart. No one but you can type them. For I want to send them care of the address of your heart, by the post of your heart, to be read by the eye of your heart, thereafter to be kept within your heart, sealed there forever and ever'.
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
The aesthetic appeal of this seduction emanates from the predominant use of
'Beautiful Kareendi, flower of my heart. No one but you can type them. For I want to send them care of the address of your heart, by the post of your heart, to be read by the eye of your heart, thereafter to be kept within your heart, sealed there forever and ever'.
Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
The aesthetic appeal of this seduction emanates from the predominant use of
A
simile
B
metaphor
C
metonymy
D
synecdoche
correct option: b
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
'His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink,'
Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
The dominant device in this extract is
'His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink,'
Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
The dominant device in this extract is
A
progressive repetition
B
progressive amplification
C
bold contrast
D
rhyetorical emphasis
correct option: b
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This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
'I die, yet depart not,
I am bound, yet soar free;
Thou art and thou art not,
And ever shall be!'
'The City of Dreams' by Robert Buchanan. The literary device consciously used in the above extract is
'I die, yet depart not,
I am bound, yet soar free;
Thou art and thou art not,
And ever shall be!'
'The City of Dreams' by Robert Buchanan. The literary device consciously used in the above extract is
A
metaphysical conceit
B
paradox
C
oxymoron
D
meiosis
correct option: c
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