Jamb 2003 Literature Past Questions And Answers

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1

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

The success of the play as a comedy relies on the author's use of

  • A. dramatic irony
  • B. stock comic characters
  • C. comic relief
  • D. stage and scenic disguise
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2

This question is based on S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.

The plot of the novel is

  • A. cyclical
  • B. achronological
  • C. convoluted
  • D. linear
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3

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears

The events in the novel span

  • A. forty days
  • D. seven days
  • C. five days
  • D. seven days
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4

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,

The overthrow of Jones happens sooner than expected because the animals

  • A. experience acute suffering
  • B. are milked by Jones
  • C. are better schemers
  • D. receive assistance from Foxwood
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5

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

If God is the sole author of man's life and all that befall him on earth, does it not stand to reason that all evils that befall man are God sanctioned?

If man generally turns to God to ball him out of evil or bad occurrences, is one wrong then to conclude that He allows evils to befall man to bring him back to Him?

The literary style used in the passage above is

  • A. discursive
  • B. rhetorical
  • C. accusative
  • D. interrogative
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6

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses To Tears

The subject matter of the novel is

  • A. marital infidelity
  • B. the evils of materialism
  • C. child àbuse
  • D. the gains of love
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7

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'Loveliest of trees the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough and stands out the woodland ride Wearing While for Easter tide

A.E Housman Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Tree.

In the excerpt above, the subject matter is

  • A. love of trees
  • B. cherry bloom
  • C. snow at easter
  • D. woodland tide
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8

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,

In the novel, 'animalism' is a system of thought that emphasizes

  • A. conformity
  • B. equality
  • C. animality
  • D. disparity
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9

This question is based on J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

In their flight, the women settle at lyara in order to

  • A. forestall reconciliation
  • B. seek peace
  • C. cure cross-piece
  • D. hurt their husbands
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10

This question is based on S.I. Osammor's The Triumph of the Water Lily.

The language of the novel is generally

  • A. entertaining
  • B. educative
  • C. romantic
  • D. reportive
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