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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2006 Literature In English Questions

Question 16:
This question is based on the Literary Appreciation.'I am jealous and passionate like Jehovah, God of the Jews;
J.P Clark: Olokun
A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is
  • A Simile
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Metaphor
  • D Paradox
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Question 17:
This question is on Literary Appreciation '... Not a few of us ended our application letters like this:. If you are kind enough to accommodate this humble application, Sir/Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my disposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant...'Yet without English, you had no education fit for a white collar job.'
Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys
The tone of the passage above is
  • A Derisive
  • B Ironic
  • C Melancholic
  • D Harsh
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Question 18:
This question is based on Literary Appreciation'You are the cold nests
In which the migrant bird lays no eggs.'Kittobbe: To the Childless
The device used in the excerpt above is
  • A Synecdoche
  • B Imagery
  • C Metaphor
  • D Irony
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Question 19:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Angel Clare prefers Tess to Mercy Chant as a wife because she
  • A Is an accomplished lady
  • B Is from a very god family
  • C Understands farm life
  • D Is a good Christian
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Question 20:
This question is based on Thomas Hardy's
The death of Prince can be said to
  • A Portray Tess as a fated character
  • B Reveal the family's total dependence on the animal
  • C Cause Tesas'misfortunes
  • D Foreshadow Tess'ultimate fate
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