2000 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

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This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
Titubi's experience at the peasants' camp is narrated through a dramatic technique called
A
reflection
B
projection
C
dramatic irony
D
flashback
correct option: d
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2
This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
The language of the play is
A
ambiguous
B
condemnatory
C
apolitical
D
metaphoric
correct option: b
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3
This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
....We have no electric, and we still drink tanwiji from the stream. Many of our children are in jail... We protested and your police mounted expeditions to maim us and reduce our houses to ashes...'
The images depicted are those of
A
poverty and opulence
B
opulence and brutality
C
suffering and depression
D
suffering and brutality
correct option: d
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This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
....We have no electric, and we still drink tanwiji from the stream. Many of our children are in jail... We protested and your police mounted expeditions to maim us and reduce our houses to ashes...'
The speech is made by
A
Titubi role-playing Moremi
B
Niniola role-playing Titubi
C
Mama Kayode role-playing Baba
D
Molade role-playing Marshal
correct option: a
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5
This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
X: What country, friends, is this?
Y: This is lllyria, lady.
X: And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drown' d;....
The dialogue above takes place
A
in the captain's ship
B
in lllyria
C
by the sea-coast of lllyria
D
by the sea-coast after lllyria
correct option: c
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This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

The author successfully conveys his message through
A
interior monologue
B
comedy of manners
C
satirical performances
D
comedy of errors
correct option: d
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This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Valentine:
....But, like a cloistress, she will veiled walk,
And water once a day her chamber round
With eve-offending brine; all this to season...
The imagery above describes
A
Viola's deep sorrow for her drowned brother
B
Olivia's deep sorrow over the loss of her brother's love
C
Viola's grief over a love she cannot show
D
Olivia's intense grief over the death of her brother
correct option: d
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This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

The play is about love
A
longing and ambition
B
pretence and hatred
C
loss and death
D
commitment and marriage
correct option: d
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This question is based on Williams Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Two major elements of the diction in the play are the
A
scenes and roles of characters
B
political and educational background of players
C
gender and class of the speakers
D
status and emotion of the speakers
correct option: d
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10
This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child
The success of the novel lies in the author's
A
realistic portrayal of Laye's conurtship with Marie
B
effective use of sociological and fictional materials
C
recreation of an African childhood in Conakry
D
use of traditional elements for colour
correct option: b
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