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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2002 Literature In English Questions

Question 16:
This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.
After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the triumvirate that ran the farm was composed of
  • A Minimus, Napoleon and Squealer
  • B Jessie Napoleon and Bluebell
  • C Boxer,Old Major and Napoleon
  • D Squealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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Question 17:
This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The dominant impression of the first person narrative in the novel gives it
  • A An omniscient character
  • B An epistolary character
  • C A biographical character
  • D An autobiographical character
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Question 18:
This question is based on S.I Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The persona of the novel sees death as a welcome event provided one
  • A Has loved and cared for one's spouse
  • B Has left behind children to be remembered by
  • C Has fulfilled one's destiny on earth
  • D Will haunt the living for the past offences
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Question 19:
This question is based on S.I Osammor''s The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The metaphor of the Water Lily'' in the novel is indicative of
  • A The tragic demise of Odibe
  • B Death as the finality of man''s experience
  • C Victory over tribulation
  • D The tragic demise of Nkem
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Question 20:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. '
Golding, Lord of the Flies.
In the passage above, the conch symbolises
  • A Bestiality
  • B Authority
  • C Dictatorship
  • D Civilization
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