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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2000 Literature In English Questions

Question 46:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Those who have nothing but guns for the hungry and think of nothing but death and dying let them spend our earth's fortune harvesting blood from the fields of war. The last banquet shall be their children's blood.
Kofi Anyidoho 'Blood Harvest'
The stanza above succinctly presents the
  • A Problem of war
  • B Problem of hunger
  • C Folly of soldiers
  • D Repercussion of violence
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Question 47:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
'Thus; quixoting till a cast-off of my land I sing and fare, person to loved-one pressed braced for this pressure and the captor's hand that snaps off service like a weathered strand...
Dennis Brutus 'A Troubadour I Traverse'
In the lines above, the poet-persona expresses
  • A Defiance
  • B Resignation
  • C Fear
  • D Sorrow
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Question 48:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs...
I have never know you but your blood flows in my veins
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields....
David Diop, Africa'
in the lines above, Diop uses
  • A Personification
  • B Metaphor
  • C Simile
  • D Onomatopoeia
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Question 49:
This question is based on Literary Principles.
LINDA: (hearing WILLY outside the bedroom, calls with some trepidation):
Willy WILLY: Its all right, I came back.
LINDA: Why? What happened? (slight pause). Did something happen, Willy?
WILLY: No, nothing happened.
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
Linda's words above express a feeling of
  • A Darkness and horror
  • B Fear and sadness
  • C Fear and anxiety
  • D Suspicion and shock
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