2017 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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This question is based on General Literacy Principles
At the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________?
At the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________?
A
metaphor and paradox
B
simile and metaphor
C
simile and personification
D
paradox and simile
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This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption
The play portrays the judiciary as
The play portrays the judiciary as
A
unserious and lenient
B
consistent and just
C
corrupt and weak
D
patronising and self-righteous
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This question is based on General Literacy Principles
A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called
A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called
A
psychological novel
B
picaresque
C
autobiography
D
satirical novel
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This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, 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.
The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?
The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?
A
sober
B
boastful
C
defiant
D
languid
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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.
“...where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf ”
The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?
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.
“...where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf ”
The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?
A
danger
B
calmness
C
pity
D
saddness
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This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless
The narrative style adopted in the novel is
The narrative style adopted in the novel is
A
second persons
B
third person
C
interior monologue
D
first person
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation
“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world ” Anne Frank The Diary of a young Girl
The writer of the passage above is ________?
“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world ” Anne Frank The Diary of a young Girl
The writer of the passage above is ________?
A
assertive
B
retrogressive
C
optimistic
D
antagnistic
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This question is based on General Literacy Principles
An example of a narrative poem is ________?
An example of a narrative poem is ________?
A
elegy
B
epic
C
dirge
D
sonnet
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Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption
Two dominat themes of the play are __________?
Two dominat themes of the play are __________?
A
honesty and decency
B
immorality and greed
C
poverty and education
D
weeding and planting
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This question is based on Literary.
Our third jailer made little or me. He was one of the many struggled in order to feed their families. Be seemed to be very much controlled by the other two. Elechi Amadi Sunset in Biafra
The speaker's attitude towards the jailer in the passage above is that of
Our third jailer made little or me. He was one of the many struggled in order to feed their families. Be seemed to be very much controlled by the other two. Elechi Amadi Sunset in Biafra
The speaker's attitude towards the jailer in the passage above is that of
A
admiration
B
condemnation
C
spite
D
respect
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