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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2001 Literature In English Questions

Question 36:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a
  • A Diary
  • B Novel
  • C Novella
  • D Short story
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Question 37:
This question is based on General Literary Principles
The technique in which both the stage and the auditorium are involved in a lay production is called
  • A Theatre of the absurd
  • B Role-playing
  • C Audience participation
  • D Total theatre
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Question 38:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
The theme of Browning's My Last Duchess' is
  • A An aristocrats's marital problems
  • B The pitfalls of a duchess now dead
  • C An ambassador's personal life
  • D The pride and arrogance of an aristocrat
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Question 39:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
Tanure Ojaide's The Owl Wakes Us' portrays a society that is
  • A Unstable
  • B Hunted by the owl
  • C Gripped with fear
  • D Peaceful
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Question 40:
This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems Black Africa; K.E. senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani, et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature - in - English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril, et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: poetry: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Mapanje's When This Carnival Finally Closes', the poet is describing the
  • A Role of spirits in a carnival
  • B Preparation for a carnival
  • C Role of drumming and dancing in a carnival
  • D Role of sycophancy and bad leadership
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