Literature in English 2019 Past Questions | JAMB
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31. The most dominant poetic device used in Okara’s ‘Panio and Drums’ is_______
- A. Metaphor
- B. Symbolism
- C. Pathetic Fallacy
- D. Analogy
Correct Option: Answer is B
32. 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
Correct Option: Answer is B
33. 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
Correct Option: Answer is D
34. Blake’s ‘The School Boy’ advocates for____________
- A. a fine balancing between work and pleasure for a child’s development
- B. the liberty of the child to explore nature and life without restraints
- C. the promotion of the culture of excellence in a child’s academic endavour
- D. a proper disciplinary culture for the training of a child
Correct Option: Answer is A
35. A significant literary device employed by Morris in ‘The Proud King’ is that of________
- A. Suspense
- B. Nemesis
- C. Agon
- D. Interlude
Correct Option: Answer is B
36. Aloho begins her harvest of corruption when____________
- A. she found out the truth about Chief Ade Amaka
- B. she discovered she was 3 months pregnant and abortion was impossible
- C. her best friend warned her about the deceitfulness of Chief Ade Amaka
- D. she eventually died after giving birth to a baby girl
Correct Option: Answer is B
37. 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
Correct Option: Answer is C
38. The voice of reason in the ‘Harvest of Corruption’ is exemplified in the character of___________
- A. Ochuole
- B. Ogeyi
- C. Madam Hoha
- D. Aloho
Correct Option: Answer is B
39. The characterisation of Othello maybe pointed out in that__________
- A. he remains at a distance from much of the action that concerns and affects him at the beginning
- B. he refuses to appoint Lago as the Lieutenant
- C. although he is a cultural outsider in Venice, his military skills are valuable to the State
- D. Lago sees him as an enemy
Correct Option: Answer is C
40. The setting of Shakespeare’s Othello is____________
- A. Verona
- B. Venice
- C. the Faroe Islands
- D. Bulgaria