1986 JAMB UTME Literature In English Past Questions

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The protagonist of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations is

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Which of the following statement is NOT true of the two 'Abiku' poems by J.P Clark and Wole Soyinka?

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The tone of Wole Soyinka's 'Abiku is

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From the poem itself, it is easy to tell that J.P. Clark's Abiku' is set in

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The impression created of the rain in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of

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The dominant mood in J.P. Clark's 'Night Rain' is that of

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The theme of Gabriel Okara's 'piano and Drums' is usually summed up in the phrase

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The gurgling drums Echo the starsThe forest howlsAnd between the tressThe dark sun appears.The dominant figure of speech in the above lines from Lenrie Peter's 'We Have Come Home' is

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Much of the poetic effect of Birago Diop's 'Viaticum' is gained by the poet's use of

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'The Vultures built in the shadow of their talons The blood-stained monument of tutelage.'The image used in the above lines associates the civilizing missions with

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In the poem 'The Vultures', David Diop suggests that the Christians missionaries were agents of

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Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression

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The epilogue in a play refers to the

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When the speech is written so as to be understood in one way by a certain character, while the audience or another character understands it to have some secret and special meaning, the literary device used in this conte…

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'No; This my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadineMaking the green and red .'In the above lines the figure of speech used is

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Tunde's long and vigorous speech was followed by a deafening silence. The phrase deafening silence is used as a figure of speech called

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A poem of mourning and dedicated written on the death of an individual is called

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The literary device which uses ridicule to correct social ills is known as

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Which of the following terms is exclusive to drama?

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Which of the following could be said to be a permanent feature of a poem?

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