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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1988 Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
A dominant device which Ola Rotimi uses to suggest an authentic background in the play is
  • A Dialogue
  • B Rituals
  • C Proverbs
  • D Songs and dances
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Question 12:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
'Night, and Abiku sucks the oil
From lamps'.
  • A Abiku drinks oil
  • B For Abiku, oil is water
  • C While other babies suck the breast, Abiku sucks oil
  • D The lamp is kept burning all night on account of Abiku
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Question 13:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
In Lenrie Peter's 'We Have Come Home', the return of the successful scholar is not fulfilling because
  • A The acievement sems out of touchwith his society back home
  • B The tropical atmosphere is full of happiness
  • C The dispensation he meets provides mixed satisfaction
  • D He has become indifferent to his own society.
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Question 14:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
In David Diop''s ''The Vultures'', the colonialist are portrayed as
  • A Hypocritical and oppressive
  • B Interllecture and civilized
  • C Humanitarian and sympathetic
  • D Adventurous and daring
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Question 15:
THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
The choice of imagery in J.P Clark's 'Olukun' suggests that the poem intended to arouse
  • A Jealousy
  • B Secular sentiments
  • C Religious sentiments
  • D Erotic feelings.
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