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 literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ________?
A
allusion
B
juxtaposition
C
symbolism
D
memoir
correct option: b
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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
Judiciary
A
judiciaRY
B
JUdiciary
C
judiCIAry
D
juDIciary
correct option: d
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This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.
The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because
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
correct option: c
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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?
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
correct option: b
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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 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
correct option: c
The poem is a meditation on death. The journey the poet embarked on in line 12.
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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?
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
correct option: b
It was later revealed later that she was sent away from home as a result of her mother remarrying.
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_______ In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work
A
Cast
B
Summary
C
Flaw
D
Plot
correct option: d
It shows the development of a play from the beginning, through the middle to the end
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This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption
Who impregnated Aloho?
Who impregnated Aloho?
A
The Commissioner
B
Chief Haladu
C
Justice Odili
D
Inspector Inaku
correct option: b
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This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days
Yaremi's main job is
Yaremi's main job is
A
selling cassava
B
harvesting cassava
C
dyeing taffeta cloths
D
sewing taffeta cloths
correct option: c
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