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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1979 Literature In English Questions

Question 31:
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And i saw in your face
The road that i should take
In 'The Mesh' the poet 'lingered over the choice' because
  • A He had quarelled with the lady
  • B He is not yet sure of the lady's love
  • C He is not yet sure of his love for the lady
  • D The lady is not beautiful
  • E The lady is too possesive
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Question 32:
The Concubine
'Ihuoma,my child' Wigwe began at last,'really i ought to have come here with more people,but i have avoided formalities because i want to spare myself any embarrassment.Formalities will come later if all goes well'.
Wigwe has come to Ihuoma in order to
  • A Marry her clandestinely
  • B Gain her consent before coming with relations
  • C Persuade her to marry his own son
  • D Dissuade her from marrying his own son
  • E Inquire about her health
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Question 33:
In 'The Executioner's Dream',the first line 'I dream I saw an eye,a pretty eye' is
  • A Ironical
  • B Complimentary
  • C Exclamatory
  • D Rhetorical
  • E Interrogatory
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Question 34:
In Birago Diop's 'Vanity',these two lines 'Sad complaining voices of beggars
Who indeed will hear them without laughter?'contain
  • A An exaggeration
  • B A hyperbole
  • C A paradox
  • D An understatement
  • E An illogicallity
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Question 35:
In 'Telephone Conversation', the tone of the question 'You mean-like plain or milk chocolate? is
  • A Sarcastic
  • B Complimentary
  • C Admissive
  • D Pleading
  • E Commanding
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