JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'The gloom will give way to light

And the thorny path cleared of pain

The storms will bow to the prompting of peace

Lost moments of glory will be restored

And strangled opportunities reborn

We shall yet regain the dawn

The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of

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

The story of the play would have been different but for

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

The mutual exchange of abuse in the play is reminiscent of

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

The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can be interpreted as Gimba's

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

'On the sand hill her footprints Gleam like a prisoner's chain

The lines above from Mohan Singh's .

'A village girl' suggest the girl's

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

Jibunoh was simply a difficult man.He was relation. He all his neighbours and deserted by his relations policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for decency or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friend. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning.'The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes

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

'...Great orators in the assembly, and poor nannies at home.'Those being ridiculed here are the

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

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Allegory is used to describe a work in which

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go.

Whilst some of their sad friends do say '' The breath goes now', and some say ''No''

The tone of this poem is generally

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The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

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

'....Those with breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me and the old girls returned home on retirement. It's the dry season, child.'The character to whom the words are spoken in the play is in

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.

This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.

The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

This question is based on General Literary Principles

Farce thrives on

Read the poem and answer the questionMove him into the sun

Gently its touch awoke him once,

At home, whispering of fields unsown

Always it woke him even in France

Until this morning and this snow

If anything might rouse him now

This kind old sun will know

Think how it wakes the seeds

Woke,once, the clays of a cold star

Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides,

Full-nerved still warm too hard to stir?

Was it for this the clay grew tall?

O what made fatuous sunbeams toil

To break earth's sleep at all?The mood in the last two lines is one of

'I am informed the day recycles itself today

When I slept in the Lord in February

I blame no one for an untimely death

I bless Good for a noble departure-His words

The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days

The persona in the poem appears happy to have died

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

The arrangement of David Diop's 'Loser of Everything' in two stanzas reflects his use of

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

This question is based on General Literary Principles

The author of a novel sustains readers' interest through the use of

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

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

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

In the novel, Boxer is respected for his

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

The use of the traditional verse from in the play applies to

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation

'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark

And got with our bags and our brushes to work

Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;

So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'

In the lines above. Tom is warm because he

This question is based on General Literary Principles

The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as

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

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

The dominant technique in the book is

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

The events in the novel span

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

The Dorothy of the play is

This question is based on General Literary Principles

'Theatre-in-the-round'is employed to achieve a

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

In Robert Frost's 'Wild Grapes', the girl's brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to

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

In the play, the central idea is that gender equality is

This question is based on General Literary Principles

One rhyme scheme typical of the English sonnet is

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

The attitude of the narrator to religion in the novel is

'I am informed the day recycles itself today

When I slept in the Lord in February

I blame no one for an untimely death

I bless Good for a noble departure-His words

The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days

The lines above express

This question is based on General Literary Principles.In its classic form, the short story is distinguished by its

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga D.I. (ed.): Weast African Verse.

The subject matter of Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is

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

The subject matter of the novel is

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

The poet-persona in Serenade is

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

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

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

The overthrow of Jones happens sooner than expected because the animals

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

The language of the novel is generally

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

The plot of the novel is

This question is based on General Literary Principles

In literary convention, 'aside' is used to