2001 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3
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This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is with him a codling when 't is almost an apple; it is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.
The images in the quotation above express the speaker' s
Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is with him a codling when 't is almost an apple; it is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother's milk were scarce out of him.
The images in the quotation above express the speaker' s
A
contempt and admiration
B
hatred and pity
C
contempt and disregard
D
disregard and pity
correct option: a
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This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid...
In the lines above, the character is
Come away, come away, death,
And in sad cypress let me be laid...
In the lines above, the character is
A
expressing his unhappiness about death
B
expressing his preference for a cypress coffin
C
lamenting over his unreciprocated love
D
wishing for death to come
correct option: c
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This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Duke:
Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
Rather than make unprofited return.
Duke's statement above to Cesario means that he should
Duke:
Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
Rather than make unprofited return.
Duke's statement above to Cesario means that he should
A
make trouble to see Olivia
B
jump the fence to see Olivia
C
shout be seen and heard by Olivia
D
fortify himself against any denial to see Olivia
correct option: d
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This question is based on William Shakespeare'' s Twelfth Night.
The traditional verse from of speech as dialogue in Twelfth Night is used to symbolize the
The traditional verse from of speech as dialogue in Twelfth Night is used to symbolize the
A
impressiveness of the character
B
distinction between verse and prose
C
function of poetry in the play
D
traditionlity of the play
correct option: a
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This question is based on William Shakespeare' s Twelfth Night.
Twelfth Night is preoccupied with the juxtaposition of
Twelfth Night is preoccupied with the juxtaposition of
A
death and disappointment
B
appearance and reality
C
life and disappointment
D
love and death
correct option: b
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This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Niyi Osundare' s ' They Too Are The Earth', musical effect is achieved by
In Niyi Osundare' s ' They Too Are The Earth', musical effect is achieved by
A
repetition
B
double rhymes
C
assonance
D
end rhymes
correct option: a
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This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
The rhyming pattern in the last stanza of Okigbo' s Hurrah for Thunder' makes the stanza
The rhyming pattern in the last stanza of Okigbo' s Hurrah for Thunder' makes the stanza
A
an octave
B
a quatrain
C
a couplet
D
a sestet
correct option: c
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This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
' ... In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?'
In Keats ' Ode on a Grecian Urn', the recurrent use of the rhetorical question in the lines above suggests
' ... In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?'
In Keats ' Ode on a Grecian Urn', the recurrent use of the rhetorical question in the lines above suggests
A
admiration and amazement
B
confusion and fear
C
shock and surprie
D
worry and sadness
correct option: a
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The most important concepts in poetry are
The most important concepts in poetry are
A
story and action
B
plot and rhythm
C
rhythm and imagery
D
plot and character
correct option: a
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
The literary device which anticipates that an event will take place is best described as
The literary device which anticipates that an event will take place is best described as
A
foreshadowing
B
rising action
C
flashback
D
parody
correct option: a
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