The setting of the play is
- A.Gbossa
- B.Benue
- C.Nassarawa
- D.Jabu
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Answer: A. Gbossa
Gbossa is the setting of Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.
JAMB Literature Past Questions 2016
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello. The handkerchief that Othello inherits from his mother is made by
- A.a female prophet
- B.Desdemona's maid
- C.Othello's mother
- D.Othello's lover.
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Answer: A. a female prophet
The handkerchief was made by an Egyptian female prophet/sibyl and given to Othello's mother.
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation. 'I have said too much unto a heart of stone, And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.'. William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
- A.litotes
- B.metonymy
- C.assonance
- D.metaphor
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Answer: D. metaphor
'A heart of stone' is a metaphor for an unfeeling person.
This question is based on General Literary Principles. A literary work that teaches moral is said to be
- A.didactic
- B.instructive
- C.corrective
- D.impressive
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Answer: A. didactic
A literary work that teaches a moral is didactic.
This question is based on General Literary Principles. What sustains the interest of a reader in all literature is
- A.ambiguity
- B.characterization
- C.suspense
- D.plot
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Answer: C. suspense
Suspense is what sustains a reader's interest across a literary work.
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse. The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of
- A.fable
- B.euphemism
- C.allegory
- D.symbolism
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Answer: C. allegory
Herbert's title 'The Pulley' functions as an allegory for God's design in withholding rest from mankind.
One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is
- A.education
- B.slavery
- C.colonisation
- D.corruption
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Answer: C. colonisation
Colonisation is a central theme of Awoonor's 'The Anvil and the Hammer'.
Hallowell's The Dining Table can be referred to as a
- A.traditional poem
- B.a lyric
- C.dramatic monologue
- D.ballad
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Answer: C. dramatic monologue
Hallowell's 'The Dining Table' can be described as a dramatic monologue.
This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless. 'Ordaley ignored the two young women plating their hair because she didn't want to generate another war with a simple greeting' The image depicted in the lines above is
- A.ironic
- B.personification
- C.hyperbolic
- D.metaphoric
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Answer: A. ironic
Ordaley's avoidance to prevent 'another war' over a simple greeting is an ironic depiction of social tension.
This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son. One of the pictures Bigger sees on the pamphlet given to him by Jan is that of a
- A.knife and a sword
- B.knife and gun
- C.hammer and a sickle
- D.matchet and a hammer
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Answer: C. hammer and a sickle
One pamphlet image Jan gives Bigger shows a hammer and sickle, a Communist symbol.
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