JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

Kofi Awoonor's poem 'Songs of Sorrow' suggests that

This question i based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

'... I think our country skins beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds.'

Who made the above statement and to whom?

This question is based on Literary Principles.

'The morning mist

And chimney smoke

Of White City Jabavu

Flowed thick yellow

As pus oozing

From a gigantic sore'

'An Abandoned Bundle' by Oswald M. Mtsha 'i

The simile above gives rise to

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The stylistic device that uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

In 'The Casualties' J.P. Clark discusses

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'Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;.

The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

The figure of speech used here is

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'' Old father, old artificer

Bear me now and ever in good stead''

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' by James Joyce.

The word 'artificer' describes

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.

'Ah, you know, the chichidodo is a bird

The chichidodo hates excrement with all its soul.

But the chichidodo only feeds on maggots, and you know the maggots grow best inside the lavatory. This is the chichidodo'.

Which character in the novel is likened to his bird?

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'''Yet lunchtime ''

Without thinking of what of what he was saying

The man tapped out, 'Not food'.

Insu Siding answered, 'Plenty here''.

And a conversation had begun.

''Lucky''.

''Come. Transfer. Easy''

''Can't.''

''Why?''

''Secret.''

''Familu?''

''Secret''.

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by A.K. Armah.

This is an example of a dialogue that is

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.;....I am in blood

Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er'.

Who spoke these words?

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'Poor bastard,

Dumped on the ground to make room

For his nocturnal fathers,

Or on the mat to spend his horrid nights

Among the steaming pots of food

And walking rats.'

''The Bastard'' by B.S. Tibenderana

The picture presented above is one of

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.......Out, out, brief candle!....

This statement was made when

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The confusion in the poet in D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Snake' arises from

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'Excitedly, Faku announced Garba's intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ''tired of the village'' and yearned to go '' back to civilization.'' Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village.

The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.

Which of the following words best describes the writer's attitude to urban life?

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When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.

The use of the word 'salt' in the novel is suggestive of

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

That the rescue ship was attracted not by a fire made for the purpose but by one aimed at smoking Ralph out for destruction is a case of

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!....

Iyase's entreaty comes when

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'So Children,

If per chance you see a here that roars

Or an ape perched in a palanquin,

Look on in silence..'

'Africa by David Diop

This excerpt exemplifies

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

The island in the novel is a

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An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A form of symbolism in which ideas or abstract qualities are represented in a poem is an

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The persona in the poem 'To the Soldier Hero' by Mazisi Kunene is portrayed as being

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'' The road was endless. One road led to a thousand others. Which in turn fed into paths, which fed into dirt tracks, which become streets, which ended in avenues and cul-de-sacs''

The Famished Road by Ben Okri.

The description above suggests

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.

'...no difference at all between the '' whitemen'' and their apes the layers and the merchants and now apes of the apes our Party men ...'

The statement above refers to Koomson's

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.

Kofi Billy's right leg was cut off by a machine in the novel because

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

The character in the novel who best symbolizes man's pride in his ability to reason is

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The word 'image' is associated with

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A quatrain is

This question is based on William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

At one point in the novel, Jack paints his face

This act can be interpreted to mean

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The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called

THIS QUESTION IS BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM WOLE SOYINKA (ED) POEMS OF BLACK AFRICA, E.K. SENANU AND T. VINCENT (EDS.) SELECTION OF AFRICAN POETRY AND E.W. PARKER (ED.) A PAGEANT OF LONGER POEMS.The effect of the repetition of the words

'There where' in Lenne Peters' The Fence' is that

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'Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly...

Lord of the Files by William Golding

'Soft hiss of roasting meat' in the passage above refers to the

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

'And when He looks at the grimy coating,

Caking off your emaciated skin,...'

These lines from Richard Ntiru's 'The Pauper' describe

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The dominant mood in 'Ode to a Nightingale' is that of

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

In his reaction to his friend's death, the mood of the poet, in 'For CHristopher Okigbo' is that of

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'...let the greying day grow

....let the evening horns blow

....let the melting mountains go

....but let the sundown sow''

To Wole with Love' by Atukwei Okai

The use of the words 'melting mountains' is

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The poet in Sunset Sonata proposes

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Comic relief is