Literature Past Questions And Answers

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SECTION A: African Drama

DELE CHARLEY: The Blood of a Stranger

Assess King Santigi V as an unwise ruler.

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812

This question is based on J.C.De Graft's Sons and Daughters.

In the play, Fasuwa represents the

  • A. new culture
  • B. patriarchy
  • C. old order
  • D. African civilization
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2008
813

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.

Busy old fool, unruly sun,

Why dost thou thus.

J. Donne:The Sun Rising

From the lines above, the poet sees the sun as

  • A. illumination after darkness
  • B. an unnecessary evil
  • C. a necessary evil
  • D. a light provider
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814

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.

Read the extract below and answer the question

O that I served that lady,

And might not be delivered to the world

Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,

What my estate is!

(Act 1 Sc. 11)

''That lady'' refers to

  • A. Olivia
  • B. Maria
  • C. Viola
  • D. the Duchess
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815

NON-AFRICAN PROSE

GEORGE ELIOT: Scilas Manner

Discuss the theme of betrayal in the novel.

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816

Othello: Not I. I must be found

My parts, my title, and my perfect soul

Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?

Iago: By Janus, I think so

Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant?

The goodness of the night upon you, friends

What is the news?

(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

Duke is in council that night because of_____________

  • A. Brabantio's complaint
  • B. Iago's demotion
  • C. The Turkish threat
  • D. Cassio's Dismissal as Lieutenant
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2018 OBJ
817

What does the playwright do?

  • A. Writes a poem
  • B. Writes a book
  • C. Writes a play
  • D. Directs a drama
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818

NON-AFRICAN POETRY

Comment on the imagery in "The Sunne Rising

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819

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah''s Fragments.

The Baako ultimately goes mad indicates that

  • A. the visionary is usually a sacrificial lamb
  • B. society is incurable
  • C. man is a fateful being
  • D. the evils that men do live after them
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2006
820

Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer the following questions

Marooned, Akpatse felt imprisoned. It was fifteen days since the storm. The flood waters were not receding; neither did Akpatse see any sign of help coming. Akpatse could not swim the expanse of flood waters. He meditated: when one looks upon the mountain for help and help comes from the Lord ... where does the Lord sit - in the cloud or on the mountain, or in the valley?

Well, Akpatse looked for salvation in the distance, far across the ocean of flood - the intimidating expense of his great gaoler - up to where the sky and the lips of the flood waters met in a mocking kiss. He had forgotten the feeling of hunger but knew he did not have any energy. What a foolish thing to think! He had not had any food for days. True. But hunger never said hello from the hollow of his 'person-tree' as they say in his language. Akpatse saw no help coming.

The last sentence conveys the mood of

  • A. anxiety
  • B. despondency
  • C. excitement
  • D. nonchalance
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