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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
'...Sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine.Lechery,
Sir, it provokes:it provokes the
desire, but it takes away the performance.'
Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the statement above can best be described as
  • A Equivocation
  • B Allusion
  • C Paradox
  • D Monologue
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Question 12:
The word which when applied describes the posture of the speaker in "The Fence" is
  • A Action
  • B Inertia
  • C Nostalgia
  • D Cowardice
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Question 13:
"The drum is silenced in mid-throb;
the flute is flung away;
and ears strain to master the malediction
of the thunder."
These lines from "For Christopher Okigbo" shows that the main occurrence in the poem is
  • A Incomprehensible
  • B Wortheless
  • C Accursed
  • D Serene
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Question 14:
"...He who sharpened the edge of hearts...."
In Kunene's To The Soldier "Hero" is
  • A A soldier
  • B A swordsman
  • C A blacksmith
  • D An artist
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Question 15:
The pauper in Richard Ntiru's poem of that title is
  • A Hungry,lonely and sad
  • B Lonely, dirty but happy
  • C Dirty, hungry and terrified
  • D Hungry,lonely and diseased
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