10 questions from the JAMB 2011 Literature paper, with answers and explanations. Tap "Show answer" under each one when you are ready.
JAMB 2011Question 1 · Drama Set Texts
These question are based on literary Appreciation. Theseus: Now, fair Hippolyta,our nuptial hour Draw on space for happy day bring in another moon. But, O, me thinks how slow. The old moon wanes,she lingers my desires, Like to a step-drama or a dowager, Long withering out a young man's revenue. William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream. The literary device used in the excerpt above are
A.personification and simile
B.alliteration and synechdoche
C.rhyme and refrain
D.irony and suspense
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Answer: A. personification and simile
Shakespeare uses personification (the moon 'lingers') and simile (like a step-dame/dowager) in Theseus's speech.
JAMB 2011Question 2 · Drama Set Texts
These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters. The prevailing theme of the play is
A.love
B.social decadence
C.self-will
D.affluence
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Answer: B. social decadence
Social decadence is the prevailing theme of Sons and Daughters.
JAMB 2011Question 3 · Drama Set Texts
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In the play, Mercutio can be described as
A.fraudulent
B.gentle
C.kind-hearted
D.quarellsome
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Answer: D. quarellsome
Mercutio is characteristically quarrelsome, provoking the duel with Tybalt.
JAMB 2011Question 4 · General Literary Principles
These questions are based on general Literary principles A ballad is meant to be
A.acted
B.discussed
C.read
D.sung
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Answer: D. sung
A ballad is a narrative poem traditionally meant to be sung.
JAMB 2011Question 5 · General Literary Principles
These questions are based on general Literary principles The plot of a story generally refers to the
A.intrigue made by a character against the hero
B.way in which the events of the story are organized
C.way in which the writer begin the story
D.way the writer ends the story
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Answer: B. way in which the events of the story are organized
Plot refers to the way in which the events of a story are organized and structured.
JAMB 2011Question 6 · Poetry Set Texts
These question are based on literary Appreciation. 'You are the silent cold of pleasure locked in the world worldless wonder You are the hive of pleasure no dragon can plunder' Gbemisola Adeoti: Dream code The excerpt above achieves its rhetorical effect through the use of
A.repetition and meiosis
B.caesura and hyperbole
C.alliteration and irony
D.metaphor and rhyme
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Answer: D. metaphor and rhyme
Adeoti's lines achieve their effect through metaphor ('hive of pleasure') and rhyme.
JAMB 2011Question 7 · Poetry Set Texts
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse. In Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through
A.scorching sun
B.blooming thorns
C.a cloudy atmosphere
D.a dirty room
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Answer: B. blooming thorns
In Adeoti's 'Naked Soles', the carnival of naked soles dances through blooming thorns.
JAMB 2011Question 8 · Poetry Set Texts
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse. To sustain the interest of the readers,Lawrence in Bat uses
A.elision
B.suspense
C.oxymoron
D.hyperbole
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Answer: B. suspense
Lawrence sustains reader interest in 'Bat' partly through suspense about what the flying creatures are.
JAMB 2011Question 9 · Prose Set Texts
These question is base on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood. In the novel, the handing over of a baby boy in a dream to Nnu Ego by her personal god signifies
A.reincarnation
B.idol worship
C.doom
D.future blessing
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Answer: A. reincarnation
The dream of a baby boy handed to Nnu Ego by her personal god signifies reincarnation.
JAMB 2011Question 10 · Prose Set Texts
These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood. In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and
A.height
B.illiteracy
C.wealth
D.treachery
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Answer: C. wealth
Nwokocha Agbadi is famous both for his oratorical power and his wealth.
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