2015 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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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
The literacy devices used in the lines 'Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes peep through the green grass' are________from Mohan Singh's 'A Village Girl'
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of
The literacy devices used in the lines 'Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes peep through the green grass' are________from Mohan Singh's 'A Village Girl'
A
alliteration and assonance
B
simile and irony
C
repetition and alliteration
D
rhyme and rhythm
correct option: b
The simile is Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes, it compares Pataki flower and blue eyes; mustard flower and yellow eyes using 'like'. The irony is peeping through the green grass.
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of field unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind of old sun will know
Think how it woke the seeds
Woke, once, the clay of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved, are
sides full nerved still warm too hard
to stir was it, for this the clay grew
tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams
toil to break earth's sleep at all.
The poem can be described as
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of field unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind of old sun will know
Think how it woke the seeds
Woke, once, the clay of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved, are
sides full nerved still warm too hard
to stir was it, for this the clay grew
tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams
toil to break earth's sleep at all.
The poem can be described as
A
a lyric
B
an epic
C
a sonnet
D
an elegy
correct option: c
An epic is a long and elaborated narrative poem. It has a very serious philosophical or historical perspective.
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In literary devices, pun deals with
A
placing words side by side
B
playing on words
C
arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
D
placing two opposite phrases
correct option: b
Pun is the repetition of words with similar sound which has different meanings in the context in which they were used.
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth what is thy soul of adoration.
The figure of speech in the lines above is
O! Ceremony, show me but thy worth what is thy soul of adoration.
The figure of speech in the lines above is
A
antithesis
B
apostrophe
C
personification
D
euphemism
correct option: b
Apostrophe is an address directed to an absent person as if present. The apostrophe in the line above is the soul of adoration.
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This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
In Romeo and Juliet, the major role of Mercutio is to
In Romeo and Juliet, the major role of Mercutio is to
A
Count Paris in Praise of Juliet
B
annoy Tybalt
C
take another wife
D
serve as an assistance to Romeo
correct option: b
Mercutio and Benvolio who were Romeo's friends were waiting on the street when Tybalt arrives with the intention of challenging/punishing Romeo for sneaking into the party. Mercutio aggressively jumps into Romeo and Tybalt issues and drew out his sword on Tybalt but Tybalt cuts Mercutio.
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
In Nnaife's house, life became miserable to Nnu Ego by the news that
In Nnaife's house, life became miserable to Nnu Ego by the news that
A
Nnaife's elder brother had died
B
Nnaife has inherited buildings and properties
C
Nnaife had lost Ngozi
D
Nnaife has inherited his brother's wives and children.
correct option: d
Nnu Ego was sad to share Nnaife's pitiful salary with Adaku and her children. Life became worst for Nnu Ego and continues to struggle for survival.
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
In the novel, it is necessary that Ona has to leave her father's house because
In the novel, it is necessary that Ona has to leave her father's house because
A
of the safety of her child
B
of her love for Agbadi
C
her father is dead
D
that is the tradition
correct option: b
It is obvious that once Ona is married, she must leave her father's house except she gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, she dies during childbirth.
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This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
__________decides that Juliet should marry a young man named Paris, who has been asking for her hand
__________decides that Juliet should marry a young man named Paris, who has been asking for her hand
A
Friar Laurence
B
Lord Capulet
C
Balthasar
D
Friar John
correct option: b
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.
Nnu Ego's Second Marriage as to Nnaife, a man who works in Lagos as the washer for
Nnu Ego's Second Marriage as to Nnaife, a man who works in Lagos as the washer for
A
Nwakusor
B
Dr. and Mrs. Meers
C
Nwaeze
D
Ngozi
correct option: b
Nnu Ego's first marriage was without a child, she therefore married Nnaife who washed for a white family, Dr. and Mrs. Meers.
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Ballad is meant to be
A
discussed
B
read
C
sung
D
acted
correct option: c
Ballad can be seen as another form of narrative poem. It is written in short stanzas and formed by ordinary people who are not poets. It is meant to be sung. It tells simple stories of amusement, war, death, love and the supernatural.
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