2020 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The technique used in bringing the plot of a play to an abrupt end is called
A
deus ex machina
B
endnote
C
climax
D
denouement
correct option: a
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This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The destruction of the conch along with Piggy's death in the novel suggests
A
degeneration into chaos
B
the loss of an exquisitely beautiful thing
C
that Ralph cannot summon a meeting anymore
D
Jack's victory over Ralph
correct option: a
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3
In the novel "Piggy's" glasses symbolizes
A
arrogance
B
childishness
C
intellectualism
D
ignorance
correct option: c
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"Why should I play the Roman fool, and die
On mine own sword?"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies
A
acting the part of a foolish Roman
B
behaving like Brutus and Mark Anthony
C
acting like foolish Romans who killed themselves with their own hands
D
acting the Part of a Roman fool in a play
correct option: c
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

'I hear your call
I hear if far away
I hear it break the circle'
The device in which the first two words of the lines above from Okara's 'The Call of the River NUN' are invaried while the rest very is called
A
refrain
B
parallelism
C
chorus
D
repetition
correct option: d
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The literary term which describes the angle at which a writer tells his story is
A
story angle
B
story line
C
aside
D
point of view
correct option: d
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This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments .
The novel suggests that an individual who stays apart from his society will
A
be praised for his action
B
be alienated by his society
C
be broken by his society
D
live a fulfilled life
correct option: b
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Claudius, though a murderer, is presented as a character
A
who has a superlative administrative style
B
with a living conscience that torments him
C
to whom past events have no significance
D
with an admirable physical appearance
correct option: b
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Thathat is why wwe must acc-c-cept the universal d-d-dome,b-b-because ththere is no d-d-d-direction. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of rreligion and b-b-bridges d-ddon't jjjust g-g-go from hhhere to ththere; a birdge also faces backwards'
Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
The idiolectal feature of the character's speech is the
A
repetition of consonant sounds
B
multiplication of medial consonant sounds
C
repetition of initial consonant sound
D
duplication of consonant sounds clusters
correct option: c
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This question is based on General Literary Principles
Empathy is achieved when the audience
A
feels betrayed bythe director
B
denounces and humiliates the protagonist
C
vicariously participates in the stage experience
D
attacks the character foil
correct option: c
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