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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1978 Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
In 'The Castle' Muir writes:Our only enemy was gold'! This is true because
  • A The castle was made of gold
  • B All the men swallowed gold
  • C There was no gold to pay for arms
  • D The captain stole all available gold
  • E Gold was the cause of their betrayal
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Question 12:
In 'The Flight to Australia' the following line occurs:'Tier upon tier it towered,the terrible Apennines' The figure of speech used in this line is known as
  • A Alliteration
  • B Litotes
  • C Exaggeration
  • D Parody
  • E Metonym
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Question 13:
If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography,we mean that it is
  • A A historical novel
  • B A piece of writing telling us about the life of its author
  • C A short story
  • D A narrative tale
  • E A book well written
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Question 14:
You cannot know
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.
In this verse the poet uses
  • A Alternate rhymes
  • B Monorhyme
  • C Couplets
  • D Triplets
  • E Blank verses
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Question 15:
The Comstocks belonged to the most dismal of all classes,the middle-middle class,the landless gentry.In their miserable poverty they had not even the snobbish consolation of regarding themselves as an 'old' family fallen on evil days.....This writer's tone is
  • A Melancholic
  • B Matter-of-fact
  • C Bitterly humorous
  • D Sympathetic
  • E Sad
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