10 questions from the JAMB 2023 Literature paper, with answers and explanations. Tap "Show answer" under each one when you are ready.
JAMB 2023Question 1 · Drama Set Texts
This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL. The indication that Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel" is culturally set is its use of_____
A.dance and songs
B.flashback.
C.foreshadowing
D.irony
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Answer: A. dance and songs
Traditional dance and songs woven into the action signal the play's cultural setting.
JAMB 2023Question 2 · Drama Set Texts
This question is based on LOOK BACK IN ANGER. Who was the first-person Alison informed about her pregnancy?
A.her parents
B.Jimmy
C.Helena
D.Cliff
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Answer: C. Helena
Alison first informs Helena about her pregnancy.
JAMB 2023Question 3 · General Literary Principles
Cast in a play refers to
A.three of the actors
B.a few of the actors
C.an exclusive social class in the play
D.all the actors
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Answer: D. all the actors
The cast refers to all the actors performing in a play.
JAMB 2023Question 4 · General Literary Principles
Lineation refers to
A.the arrangement of lines in verse form
B.the grouping together of a number of units of rhythm
C.the unit in the rhythmic structure of verse
D.tracing family descent of poeple in verse
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Answer: A. the arrangement of lines in verse form
Lineation refers to the arrangement of lines in a verse form.
JAMB 2023Question 5 · General Literary Principles
A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a
A.central character after whom the play is named
B.king with deep affection for his subjects
C.noble character with hubris
D.lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortunes
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Answer: C. noble character with hubris
Aristotle held that a tragic hero must be a noble character possessing hubris (excessive pride).
JAMB 2023Question 6 · Literary Appreciation
"...Rage is Chief Rage drags rags after you, of Charity Laughter, sweetness and light, Rage is thief Enemy of equanimity" The figure of speech dominant in these lines is _____
A.apostrophe
B.personification
C.metaphor
D.simile
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Answer: B. personification
Rage is personified as an entity that 'drags rags' and acts as 'enemy of equanimity'.
JAMB 2023Question 7 · Poetry Set Texts
'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
A.olfactory and visual
B.auditory and visual
C.tactile and auditory
D.olfactory and tactile
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Answer: B. auditory and visual
The imagery of drumbeats and lightning-like flares is largely auditory and visual.
JAMB 2023Question 8 · Poetry Set Texts
This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT. "I shall booze and zoom" contains a device called
A.alliteration
B.imagery
C.onomatopoeia
D.hyperbole
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Answer: C. onomatopoeia
'Zoom' imitates the sound of speeding, an onomatopoeia.
JAMB 2023Question 9 · Prose Set Texts
When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it, I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose: I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor. . Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty . The reaction in the passage above is that of
A.anger
B.protest
C.rejection
D.nausea
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Answer: D. nausea
Being shocked by the odour, corking the bottle and spitting conveys a reaction of nausea.
JAMB 2023Question 10 · Prose Set Texts
This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN. The novel is set after which major war?
A.First World War (1914-1918)
B.Aba Women Riot (1929)
C.Second World War (1939-1945)
D.The Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
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Answer: D. The Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
Second Class Citizen is set in the period around and after the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970).
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