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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 2016 Literature In English Questions

Question 26:
'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'

'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'



The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as
  • A Smart
  • B Sick
  • C Weak
  • D Strong
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Question 27:
According tp Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is
  • A Poor
  • B Religious
  • C Hopeful
  • D Frustrated
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Question 28:
This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.


You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'


The device used in the line above is
  • A Pun
  • B Personification
  • C Metaphor
  • D Simile
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Question 29:
This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.


According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of
  • A Being more educated
  • B Accommodation
  • C Good job
  • D The rights to vote
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Question 30:
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.


The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of
  • A Fable
  • B Euphemism
  • C Allegory
  • D Symbolism
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