Jamb 2019 Literature Past Questions And Answers
The most dominant poetic device used in Okara's 'Panio and Drums' is_______
- A. Metaphor
- B. Symbolism
- C. Pathetic Fallacy
- D. Analogy
The setting of Shakespeare's Othello is____________
- A. Verona
- B. Venice
- C. the Faroe Islands
- D. Bulgaria
In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the___________
- A. fear of natural disasters
- B. uncertainties of life
- C. futility of war
- D. essence of mankind and nature
The metaphorical significance of Frank Ogodo's 'Harvest of Corruption' is seen in the theme of_____________
- A. corruption
- B. unemployment
- C. retribution
- D. betrayal of public trust
_____ is used to describe the predetermination of a future event in a literary piece
- A. Analepsis
- B. Prolepsis
- C. Interlude
- D. Fatalism
The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because_____
- A. man by nature has the tendencies to be lazy
- B. of the need for human survival
- C. God wants man to feel less of himself
- D. of the space for God's worship
The literary term for conflict in literature is_________
- A. Agon
- B. Hubris
- C. Hamartia
- D. Anaphora
A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of________
- A. Suspense
- B. Nemesis
- C. Agon
- D. Interlude
The specie of conflict exemplified in the Native Son is that of_______
- A. man against society
- B. man against nature
- C. man against culture
- D. man against man
Bayo Adebowale portrayed Yaremi as resilient, self reliant and strong willed particularly to__________
- A. rebuke African superstitious beliefs
- B. represent the image of African traditionalism
- C. condemn male chauvinism
- D. demonstrate the plight of widowhood

