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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 41:
From the novel; Wuthering Heights




This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
Which of the following characters dies last?
  • A Catherine
  • B Heathcliff
  • C Linton
  • D Mr. Linton
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Question 42:
From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel




This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
Which character may be an allegory of Nigeria itself?
  • A Baroka
  • B Sadiku
  • C Lakunle
  • D Sidi
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Question 43:
From the novel; Wuthering Heights




This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
What destination does the young Catherine have in mind when she leaves Thrushcross Grange for the first time?
  • A Wuthering Heights
  • B The nearby village
  • C The fairy caves at Penistone Crags
  • D London, where her cousin Linton lives
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Question 44:
A Government Driver on His Retirement is a poem of thirty-three lines divided into _______ stanzas.
  • A Six
  • B Four
  • C Three
  • D Five
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Question 45:
This question is based on THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI.

Read the excerpt and answer question
"And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly"

The dominant device in this excerpt is ___
  • A Metaphor
  • B Synecdoche
  • C Simile
  • D Paradox
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