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2017 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

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This question is based on General Literacy Principles

A literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ________?

A
allusion
B
juxtaposition
C
symbolism
D
memoir
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"I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ?

A
synedole
B
euphemism
C
repetition
D
irony
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Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters

Judiciary

A
judiciaRY
B
JUdiciary
C
judiCIAry
D
juDIciary
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This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.

The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because

A
It only occurs in Ghana
B
It could be found only in Africa
C
It is common to almost all nations of the world
D
the novel is read in all parts of the world
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus?

A
107
B
230
C
200
D
140
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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.

Tennyon's Crossing the Bar is ________?

A
a celebration of life
B
an appreciation of nature
C
a demystication of death
D
a celebration of the final passage
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This question is based on Faceless by Amma Darko

What is the reason that caused Odarley's mother to send him away from home?

A
she chose to go to the street
B
her mother remarried
C
she steals her mother things
D
she wants to poison her boyfriend
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_______ In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work

A
Cast
B
Summary
C
Flaw
D
Plot
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This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

Who impregnated Aloho?

A
The Commissioner
B
Chief Haladu
C
Justice Odili
D
Inspector Inaku
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This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days

Yaremi's main job is

A
selling cassava
B
harvesting cassava
C
dyeing taffeta cloths
D
sewing taffeta cloths
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