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2015 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 3

21
This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbol is known as
A
characterization
B
allegory
C
metaphor
D
parallelism
22
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that
reproves my fault. But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.'
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
A
assonance
B
Metaphor
C
Litotes
D
antonym
23
This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Why did Nnaife blame Nnu Ego for all his problems
A
Because his daughter slapped him
B
Because his daughter disobeyed him by travelling to abroad
C
Because his daughter disobeyed him by moving with prostitutes
D
Because his daughter ran away with a Yoruba man.
24
This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

Paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan is
A
Fosuwa
B
Hannah
C
Mrs. Bonu
D
Adwao
25
Plays are basically meant to be
A
presented on stage
B
presented in the aircraft
C
presented in an office
D
presented in the hospital
26
Travelogue is a work of art written
A
by a famous playwright
B
before the death of the author
C
by an unpopular novelist
D
on a journey
27
This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. 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: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

'As if men hung here unbloom,
Their mildewed buds of love like pollen
Late caught, damp in a swollen...'
The sound devise in the stanza above from Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth is
A
Onomatopoeia
B
repetition
C
rhythm
D
rhyme
28
Sweet smile in time of snarl
gives pride in spite of sneer
sing, rid this world of despair
and save, a snared heart from
cascading stream of strife
The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is
A
rhyme
B
alliteration
C
chiasmus
D
onomatopoeia
29
Narrative poem indicates that the poet is attempting to
A
preach a sermon
B
tell a story
C
summarize a story
D
describe a place
30
The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is
A
lyric
B
lullaby
C
mimic
D
rhythm