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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2011 Literature In English Questions

Question 26:
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
To sustain the interest of the readers,Lawrence in Bat uses
  • A Elision
  • B Suspense
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Hyperbole
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Question 27:
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
'With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness. And three trees on the low sky.'
In the excerpt above from Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is
  • A Oxymoron
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Alliteration
  • D Personification
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Question 28:
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
The tone of Cope's Sonnet VII is generally
  • A Persuasive
  • B Optimistic
  • C Mournful
  • D Humorous
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Question 29:
These questions are based on general Literary principles
The large space above the proscenium in a theater from which the scene are controlled is called
  • A Aside
  • B Achronism
  • C Flies
  • D Setting
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Question 30:
These questions are based on general Literary principles
'Good warriors make others come to them and do not go to others... When you induce opponent to come to you,then their force is always empty,like attacking emptiness with fulness is throwing stones on eggs.'
Zhang Yu: The Art of War
The theme of the passage above is
  • A Folly of soldiers
  • B Spurring people to action
  • C War
  • D Inspiration
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