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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1978 Literature In English Questions

Question 26:
As a character,Ozidi,in J.P Clark's play of that name,is ruined by
  • A Too great interest in women
  • B Too much love of peace
  • C Excessive belief in his own powers
  • D Too great dependence on his grand-mother
  • E The wickedness of his enemies
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Question 27:
In Twelfth Night
'If music be the food of love,play on
Give me excess of it,that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and die'
was spoken by
  • A Curio
  • B Valentine
  • C Orsino
  • D Antonio
  • E Sir Andrew
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Question 28:
Ihuoma cannot be a successful wife in The Concubine because
  • A She is troublesome and cruel
  • B The sea god,her spirit husband has put a curse on her
  • C Nobody wishes to marry her in the village
  • D She is too old to bear children
  • E She is a widow
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Question 29:
The old and new values in No Longer At Ease are represented by
  • A The European Club and Joseph
  • B Obi and Clara
  • C The Umuofia Progressive Union and Obi
  • D Mr Green and Miss Williamson
  • E None of the above
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Question 30:
Achebe's language and style in No Longer At Ease is remarkable
  • A For its short and simple sentences
  • B For its day-to-day expressions
  • C For its reflection of the speech of the ordinary man
  • D For using the speech style of most African communities
  • E For reflecting the speech patterns of the different segments of the Nigerian society
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