2020 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as
A
characterization
B
allegory
C
metaphor
D
paralellism
correct option: b
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

"Serrated shadows, through dark leaves
Til, bathed in warm suffusion of your
dapped cells
Sensation pained me, faceless, silent
as night thieves."
Wole Soyinka: Night

The dominant mood in the lines above is one of
A
apprehension
B
defiance
C
joy
D
indifference
correct option: a
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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
correct option: b
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This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

The play portrays the judiciary as
A
unserious and lenient
B
consistent and just
C
corrupt and weak
D
patronising and self-righteous
correct option: c
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This question is based on Literary Principles.
'They came for him that Sunday. He had just returned from a night's vigil on the mountain. He was resting on his bed, Bible open at the Book of Revelation, when two police constables, one tall, the other short, knocked at the door.'
Ngugi, 'Petals of Blood'
The writer of the passage above arrests the interest of the reader by employing
A
a suspenseful opening
B
an appropriate setting
C
short clear sentences
D
images of violence
correct option: a
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This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
The statement, 'Time the magician, had wrought much here' is made when
A
Susan Newson sees Henchard at Casterbridge
B
Elizabeth-Jane discovers her true father
C
Farfrae gets married to Elizabeth-Jane
D
Farfrae becomes the Mayor of Casterbridge
correct option: a
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Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,Santiago's second dream occurs
A
when he sleeps on the boat for a few hours
B
the night before his fishing expedition
C
in his house
D
at the end of the book
correct option: b
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He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of
A
euphemism
B
antithesis
C
epigram
D
oxymoron
correct option: d
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This question is based on J.C Graft's Sons and Daughters
,Now look what we have:a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!'
The device used by Aaron in the excerpt above is
A
suspense
B
rhetorical questions
C
oxymoron
D
allegory
correct option: d
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This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
'The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow's anguish.'
The widow in the lines above in Launko's End of the War is in anguish because of the
A
confirmation of her husband's death
B
uncertainty over husband returning alive
C
delay in the husband's return from the battlefield
D
death of all the soldiers in the battlefield
correct option: d
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