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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2006 Literature In English Questions

Question 46:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called
  • A Rhythm
  • B Tetrametre
  • C Assonance
  • D Caesura
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Question 47:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The sides of a stage are called
  • A The ways
  • B Both sides
  • C The pits
  • D The wings
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Question 48:
This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.
The character attributes of Attahiru qualify him as
  • A An egocentric partriot
  • B A Muslim fanatic
  • C A religious martyr
  • D A political revolutionary
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Question 49:
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.
In We must learn Again to Fly; Ofeimum exhorts the reader
  • A Not to lose hope in the face of adversity
  • B To enjoy his success
  • C To give up if he does not succeed
  • D To work harder even if he succeeds
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