Literature Past Questions And Answers

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1301

Section B: NON AFRICAN DRAMA

LORRAINE HANSBERRY - A Raisin In The Sun

To what extent are the dreams of the Younger family fulfilled in the play?

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 THEORY
1302

A short witty statement is an

  • A. epistle
  • B. eulogy
  • C. epigram
  • D. anecdote
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2002 OBJ
1303

If a provoked houseboy cannot match his wicked master strength with strength, he maims the master's favorite goat!

Obaruduagbon employs this proverb to explain why

  • A. the Oba should be placated
  • B. he and Esasoyen were arrested
  • C. Uwangue Egiebo was murdered
  • D. he was rude to the Oba
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1994
1304

A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is A. myth B. legend C. motif D. fable

  • A. myth
  • B. legend
  • C. motif
  • D. fable
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 OBJ
1305

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, the gods are portrayed as

  • A. saviours of mankind
  • B. helpless
  • C. architects of man's destiny
  • D. amorous
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2014
1306

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et all (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E et al (eds)_: Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G.: Neked Soles.

In Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation, freedom is to be achieved through the efforts of

  • A. the old generation
  • B. new generation
  • C. present generation
  • D. successive generation
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2008
1307

'The stars blinked and the wind wailed' is an example of

  • A. euphemism
  • B. personification
  • C. parody
  • D. antithesis
View Discussion (0)WAEC 1999 OBJ
1308

AFRICAN PROSE: SECOND CLASS CITIZEN

Examine the contributions of Adah's first day at the Methodist school to the development of the plot.

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1309

This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

Mrs. Hardcastle is depicted as

  • A. a potential aristocrat
  • B. an obedient wife
  • C. a frustrated mother
  • D. highly unsociable
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1995
1310

Tone and mood of a poem refers to

  • A. locale
  • B. atmosphere
  • C. setting
  • D. space
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2014