2023 JAMB Literature in English Past Questions & Answers (Part 2)

Question 1

A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called

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C. caesura

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A. tetrametre

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B. rhythm

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D. assonance

Question 2

Using the name of one thing for something else with which it is closely associated in an instance is

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D. metonymy

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A. paradox

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B. parody

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C. parallelism

Question 3

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL. The opening act in the plays takes place at______

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A. the village market

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B. the roadside to the farm

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C. the baale's room

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D. by the village stream

Question 4

The process of creating characters and endowing them with certain attitude is ......

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C. Characterization

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A. Action

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B. Character

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D. Dramatis personae

Question 5

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

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D. pathos

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A. props

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B. parody

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C. pyrrhic

Question 6

This question is based on CAGED BIRD. "for the caged bird/sings of freedom.", The poetic device used in this expression is____

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B. irony

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A. metaphor

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C. hyperbole

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D. paradox

Question 7

"The sun used to smile in my hut". The line is an example of

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B. personification

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A. Apostrophe

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C. Rhetorical Question

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D. Zeugma

Question 8

'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.' -Cynthia James; Drumology The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

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B. auditory and visual

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A. olfactory and visual

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C. tactile and auditory

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D. olfactory and tactile

Question 9

The subject matter of a literary work is the

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A. theme

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B. plot

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C. structure

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D. setting

Question 10

When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

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A. a symbol

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B. an irony

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C. a subject

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D. an epigram

Question 11

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

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B. list of characters

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A. cast list

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C. portagonist and antagonist

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D. order of appearance

Question 12

________ are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

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D. Allusions

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A. Referrals

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B. Chiasmus

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C. Metonymy

Question 13

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL. Sidi insisted on the payment of her bride-price because it indicates that she_____

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A. is a virgin

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B. has a wealthy family

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C. is of marriageable age

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D. is free from her family

Question 14

The sides of a stage are called

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C. the wings

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A. both sides

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B. the ways

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D. the pits

Question 15

A panegyric poem is composed to

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D. praise

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A. condemn

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B. elaborate

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C. abuse

Question 16

Don't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset...try to regain your composure. The speaker in the excerpt above is

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C. confident

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A. hopeless

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B. afraid

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D. uncertain

Question 17

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

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A. oxymoron

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B. euphemism

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C. pun

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D. antithesis

Question 18

This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER. Who was the first-person Alison informed about her pregnancy?

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D. Cliff

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A. her parents

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B. Jimmy

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C. Helena

Question 19

A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a

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D. saga

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A. harrangue

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B. discourse

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C. monologue

Question 20

This question is based on BLACK WOMAN. "fruit with firm flesh" illustrates the use of ____

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D. alliteration

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A. onomatopoeia

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B. consonance

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C. assonance

Question 21

This question is based on THE GOOD MORROW. Use this excerpt to answer question "If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee." The excerpt above evokes the use of ____

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D. Visual imagery

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A. Olfactory imagery

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B. Tactile

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C. Auditory imagery

Question 22

This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN. The novel is set after which major war?

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C. Second World War (1939-1945)

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A. First World War (1914-1918)

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B. Aba Women Riot (1929)

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D. The Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)

Question 23

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL. In the play, the jewel of Ilujinle is____

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D. Sidi

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A. Sadiku

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B. Baroka

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C. Lakunle

Question 24

*For seven days it rained that June; A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that complained in his hair. John Updike, Wash The image set in the lines above are of

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B. discomfort and likely destruction

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A. rain and flood in June

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C. the days of Noah

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D. an animal insects and fun

Question 25

'And so Tom awoke 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

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C. is doing his duty

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A. is working indoors

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B. is wearing warm clothes

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D. has just woken from sleep

Question 26

A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

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C. villain

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A. opposition

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B. heroine

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D. hero

Question 27

The tragic character is the person whose experiences arouse pity and

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B. terror

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A. sympathy

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C. horror

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D. frustration

Question 28

An extended fictional narrative which is realistic is known as a

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D. novel

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A. short story

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B. diary

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C. novella

Question 29

This question is based on BAT. Read the excerpt and answer the question: "Bat! Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down." The theme of this excerpt is____

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D. the poet's appalling remarks about the bird

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A. All of the above

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B. the poet's right to Individual choice

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C. the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature

Question 30

This question is based on THE LEADER AND THE LED. " The hyena says the crown is made for him" in the above excerpt, the use of the word "crown " is a good deployment of ____

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D. synedoche

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A. oxymoron

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B. imagery

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C. personification

Question 31

Cast in a play refers to

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D. all the actors

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A. three of the actors

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B. a few of the actors

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C. an exclusive social class in the play

Question 32

This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER. What were the other businesses Jimmy porter had tried apart from the sweet stall business?

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D. Journalism, advertising, and vacuum cleaning

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A. farming, teaching and advertising

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B. Teaching, painting and trumpeting

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C. Journalism, faming and teaching.

Question 33

Lineation refers to

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A. the arrangement of lines in verse form

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B. the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm

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C. the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse

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D. tracing family descent of poeple in verse

Question 34

PROSE: AFRICAN: UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN What distinguishes Nii Tackie from every other Ghanaian?

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C. His tribal mark

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A. His accent

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B. His face

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D. His skin

Question 35

A limerick has

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C. humour,rhyme scheme and five lines

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A. ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines

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B. formal and elaborate style and humour

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D. a stinging climax, rhyme scheme, and five lines

Question 36

The part of a play when climax approaches is known as

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A. Catastasis

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B. Catharsis

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C. protasis

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D. Epitasis

Question 37

This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL. Which character may be an allegory of Nigeria itself?

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D. Sidi

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A. Baroka

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B. Sadiku

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C. lakunle

Question 38

This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT. Which of the following characters dies last?

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B. Heathcliff

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A. Catherine

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C. Linton

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D. Mr. Linton

Question 39

The writing convention in which the events in a narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called

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D. stream of consciousness

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A. psycho-consciousness styles

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B. narrator's mind style

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C. shifting style

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