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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 21:
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the image in Adeoti's Naked Soles change from
  • A Inaction to action
  • B Pain to grief
  • C Sorrow to joy
  • D Joy to excitement
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Question 22:
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm, says that during thunderstorm in the village
  • A Children play in the rain
  • B Children are delighted while women move in and out
  • C Both women and children are delighted
  • D Women cook their food
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Question 23:
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
'yet in their finger upon Our navel
The midwives of the spirit say
They feel a foetal throb.
The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs'in the Navel of the soul is
  • A Allegory
  • B Enjambment
  • C Rhythm
  • D Epigram
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Question 24:
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
In Kunene's A heritage of liberation, the poet persona requests that the weapon of warfare be handed to their
  • A Relations
  • B Grand children
  • C Families
  • D Friends
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Question 25:
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (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 Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
The predominant device in Launko's End of war is
  • A Antithesis
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Paradox
  • D Onomatopoeia
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