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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 41:
These question are based on literary Appreciation. 'You are the silent cold of pleasure locked in the world worldless wonder You are the hive of pleasure no dragon can plunder' Gbemisola Adeoti: Dream code The excerpt above achieves its rhetorical effect through the use of
  • A Repetition and meiosis
  • B Caesura and hyperbole
  • C Alliteration and irony
  • D Metaphor and rhyme
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Question 42:
These question are based on literary Appreciation. 'It was not yet closing time but yet most staff were trooping out of their offices. The lift was working now and he squeezed himself into it,breathing with difficulty the body odour emitted by one the passengers. He sighed with relief when they got to the ground floor and trumbled out of the lift.' Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Forest of Flowers. In the excerpt above,the subject's experience in the lift is
  • A Timely
  • B Unpleasant
  • C Amusing
  • D Comfortable
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Question 43:
These question are based on literary Appreciation. 'In those days When civilization kicked us in the face When holy water slapped our cringing brows. The vulture built in the shadow of their talons.' David Diop: The vulture The dominant literary device used in the lines above is
  • A Pun
  • B Personification
  • C Simile
  • D Metaphor
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Question 44:
These question are based on literary Appreciation. ''Do not thank me,instead, let me ask you a question. Now you have all come here sprawling,vomitting,rubbing tears on one another begging me to do my duty and help you. But what about you yourselves? What have you done to help yourselves? Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying Ola Rotimi: The God''s Are Not To Blame
  • A Chieftancy tussel
  • B Political unrest
  • C Sickness and death
  • D Famine and war
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Question 45:
These question are based on literary Appreciation. I am not afraid of anything he told them. I have done almost everything in this world.I have committed all crimes you can think of and been jailed for most them.I have been in prison more hours than i have been out of it within the last five years. In recounting his criminal life,the speaker's tone is
  • A Regretful
  • B Subdued
  • C Repentant
  • D Boastful
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