2017 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

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Choose the option that has the same rhymes with the given word

Account
A
surmount
B
acom
C
aground
D
astound
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This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.


One of the thematic preoccupations of Awooner's The Anvil and the Hammer is
A
clash of cultures
B
revival of colonalism
C
the changing face of colonial masters
D
the good attributes of colonalism
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This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

The cap-picking ceremony is to
A
break the strong will of Yaremi
B
make Yaremi remarry
C
establish that she is wicked
D
prove that Ajumobi is not the best
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This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations.

A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______?
A
elergy
B
epic
C
dirge
D
sonnet
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This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

(ACP Yakubu in his office)...

How can that old crook of a Judge acquit and discharge a very clear case of cocaine pushing. What evidence is he looking for?...' The technique used in the excerpt above is called
A
interior monologue
B
apostrophe
C
dramatic monologue
D
soliloquoy
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"And blossoms blown away"

The line above from William Blake's poem " The school boy" is an example of
A
personification
B
euphemism
C
alliteration
D
consonance
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Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus?
A
Cassio
B
Lago
C
Montano
D
Gratiano
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A character whose name is also the source of the title of the narrative is called ___?
A
round
B
eponymous
C
flat
D
tittled
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This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless

The dominant tone of the novel is one of
A
bitterness
B
hope
C
fear
D
joy
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Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

It can be deduced from the play that
A
drug pushing is lucrative
B
no crime will go unpunished
C
the wealthy also cry
D
people will always complain
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