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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1987 Literature In English Questions

Question 36:
'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is
  • A Zeugma
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Hyperbole
  • D Onomotopoeia
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Question 37:
'For i have known them all already, known them all.
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'.
The tone in these lines suggest
  • A The authors desire to accomplish more in life
  • B Anxiety and tension
  • C Tediousness and boredom
  • D Anger and exasperation.
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Question 38:
''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees
Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.
The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s
  • A Sensuous description
  • B Meticulous attension to matters concerning women
  • C Mastery of the Spenserian stanza
  • D Sensual feelings and emotions.
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Question 39:
'what happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?'
In the above lines, the poet achieves special effect by the use of
  • A Transferred epithet
  • B Synecdoche
  • C Alliteration
  • D Simile.
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Question 40:
'A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire - whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth'.
The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of
  • A Hearing
  • B Sight
  • C Touch
  • D Smell.
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