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Table of Contents
- General Literary Principles Questions and Answers 1 - 10 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel Questions and Answers 11 - 15 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- John Osborne's Look Back in Anger Questions and Answers 16 - 19 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- Buchi Emecheta's Second-class citizen Questions and Answers 20 - 23 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn Questions and Answers 24 - 26 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Questions and Answers 27 - 31 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- Selected African Poems Questions and Answers 32 - 35 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
- Selected non-African poems Questions and Answers 36 - 40 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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General Literary Principles Questions and Answers 1 - 10 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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1. The character who works against the hero of a play or a novel is the _____
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(a) Antagonist
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*(b) Protagonist
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(c) Anti-hero
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(d) Clown
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The correct answer is: (a) Antagonist
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2. 'He fights like a tiger whenever he is provoked' is an example of _____
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(a) Assonance
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(b) Hyperbole
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(c) Simile
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(d) Personification
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The correct answer is: (c) Simile
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3. An epistolary method of writing a novel is a method whereby a novel is written in the form of _____
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(a) Essay
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(b) Letter
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(c) Drama
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(d) Dialogue
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The correct answer is: (b) Letter
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4. A simple story with a deeper meaning is called an
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(a) Elegy
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(b) Ode
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(c) Epic
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(d) Allegory
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The correct answer is: (d) Allegory
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5. The repetition of sentences or phrases in succession using the same structure is known as
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(a) Paratactic structure
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(b) Similarity
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(c) Parallelism
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(d) Repetitive structure
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The correct answer is: (c) Parallelism
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6. The petition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of an English phrase is known as
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(a) Alternation
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(b) Alliteration
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(c) Emphasis
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(d) Irony
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The correct answer is: (b) Alliteration
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7. A serious work of art that ends on a sad note is called
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(a) Tragedy
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(b) Comedy
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(c) Tragicomedy
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(d) Sad story
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The correct answer is: (a) Tragedy
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8. A brief reference to a person, an event or a place in a work of art is called
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(a) Referencing
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(b) Ambiguity
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(c) Allusion
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(d) Atmosphere
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The correct answer is: (c) Allusion
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9. Robinson Crusoe in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe is a/an _____ character
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(a) Sad
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(b) Eponymous
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(c) Weak
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(d) Circumstantial
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The correct answer is: **(b) Eponymous
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10. A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is
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(a) Legend
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(b) Motif
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(c) Anecdote
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(d) Allusion
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The correct answer is: (b) Motif
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Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel Questions and Answers 11 - 15 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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11. '...I am the twinkle of a Jewel
But he is the hind-quarters of a Lion!...'
The lines above suggest that
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(a) The Bale is violent
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(b) Sidi is superior to the Bale
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(c) Sidi is weaker than the Bale
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(d) Sidi is cleverer than the Bale
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The correct answer is: (b) Sidi is superior to the Bale
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12. Who is described as 'past master of self-indulgence in the play'?
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(a) Sidi
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(b) Lakunle
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(c) Baroka
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(d) Sadiku
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The correct answer is: (c) Baroka
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13. The Lion in the play is
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(a) The photojournalist
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(b) Sidi
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(c) Lakunle
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(d) Baroka
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The correct answer is: (d) Baroka
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14. 'A prophet has no honour except in his own home' in the play is an instance of
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(a) Allegory
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(b) Biblical allusion
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(c) Cultural allusion
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(d) Foreshadowing
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The correct answer is: (b) Biblical allusion
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15. The camera in the play is a symbol of _____
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(a) Modernity and civilisation
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(b) Cultural setting
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(c) Communal living
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(d) Culture and modernity
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The correct answer is: (a) Modernity and civilisation
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John Osborne's Look Back in Anger Questions and Answers 16 - 19 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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16. Act II of Look Back in Anger opens with Jimmy playing a _____
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(a) Harmonica
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(b) Jazz trumpet
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(c) Guitar
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(d) Tambourine
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The correct answer is: (b) Jazz trumpet
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17. Who finally left Jimmy at the end of the play?
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(a) Helena
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(b) Madeline
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(c) Cliff
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(d) Alison
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The correct answer is: (d) Alison
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18. Who is Colonel Redfern?
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(a) Alison's father
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(b) Jimmy's friend
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(c) Helena's father
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(d) Cliff's father
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The correct answer is: (a) Alison's father
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19. What is Cliff's surname?
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(a) Rhys
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(b) Jones
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(c) Porter
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(d) Lewis
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The correct answer is: (d) Lewis
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Buchi Emecheta's Second-class citizen Questions and Answers 20 - 23 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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20. Preparing for the arrival of Lawyer Nweze, the woman of Ibuza bought and made identical material into _____ and blouses of the same styles.
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(a) Lappas
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(b) Skirts
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(c) Wrappers
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(d) Scarves
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The correct answer is: (a) Lappas
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21. Adah's mother is a _____
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(a) Cook
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(b) Singer
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(c) Seamstress
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(d) Cloth merchant
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The correct answer is: (c) Seamstress
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22. Boy, Adah's brother, 'never liked Francis'. Boy 'knew even before Adah found out that Francis looked like those men who could live off women because of his good look'. Going by what Francis turns out to be in England towards Adah, the perception of Boy about Francis could be said to depict
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(a) Allergy
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(b) Foreshadowing
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(c) Prophecy
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(d) Prediction
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The correct answer is: (b) Foreshadowing
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23. For her exceptional performance in her primary education, Adah enjoys scholarship at
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(a) Ladi-Lak institute
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(b) Ibuza Girl's College
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(c) Lagos College
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(d) Methodists Girls' School
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The correct answer is: (d) Methodists Girls' School
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Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn Questions and Answers 24 - 26 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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24. Nli's journey from Togo to Benin can be described as
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(a) Enjoyable
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(b) Lovely but challenging
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(c) Strenuous and risky
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(d) Great and full of interesting events
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The correct answer is: (c) Strenuous and risky
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25. Works foreman is also known as
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(a) Alvororo
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(b) Jimo
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(c) Abbey
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(d) Ezia
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The correct answer is: (b) Jimo
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26. Caretaker is in charge of
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(a) Musa Orojo's compound
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(b) Mama's construction company
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(c) Miliki house
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(d) Beeyes Restaurant
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The correct answer is: (c) Miliki house
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Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Questions and Answers 27 - 31 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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27. What was lockwood accused of doing?
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(a) Stealing a Lantern
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(b) Drunk fight
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(c) Killing a man
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(d) Oppressing the people
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The correct answer is: (a) Stealing a Lantern
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28. What was the pseudonym of the writer which 'Wuthering Heights' was published under in 1847?
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(a) Ellis Bell
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(b) Thomas Bronte
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(c) Anne Bronte
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(d) Emmy Bronte
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The correct answer is: (a) Ellis Bell
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29. Isabella is the overpampered sister of
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(a) Catherine
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(b) Edger Linton
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(c) Lockwood
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(d) Hindley
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The correct answer is: (b) Edger Linton
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30. The name of the village near 'Wuthering Heights' is _____
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(a) Purvey
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(b) Heatherton
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(c) Gimmerton
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(d) Chesine
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The correct answer is: (c) Gimmerton
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31. What is inscribed on a statue at the entry of 'Wuthering Heights'?
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(a) '1500'
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(b) '1623'
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(c) 'Hindley Earnshaw, 1729'
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(d) 'Hareton Earnshaw, 1500'
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The correct answer is: (d) 'Hareton Earnshaw, 1500'
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Selected African Poems Questions and Answers 32 - 35 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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32. In Onu Chibuike's 'A government Driver on his Retirement', Today frees and makes me a king' is an example of
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(a) Personification
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(b) Metaphor
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(c) Assonance
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(d) Irony
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The correct answer is: (a) Personification
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33. In Onu Chibuike's 'A Government Driver on his Retirement', 'And it sent him home/Home to rest in peace' is an instance of
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(a) Allusion
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(b) Euphemism
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(c) Assonance
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(d) Onomatopoeia
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The correct answer is: (b) Euphemism
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34. 'Naked woman, black woman' Clothed with your color which is life, with your form...'- Leopold Sedar Senghor's 'Black Woman'. What type of poetic device is used in the lines?
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(a) Simile
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(b) Pun
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(c) Apostrophe
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(d) Refrain
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The correct answer is: (c) Apostrophe
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35. In Lade Wosornu's 'Raider of the Treasure Trove', 'Rage is thief' is an example of
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(a) Overstatement
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(b) Simile
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(c) Irony
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(d) Metaphor
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The correct answer is: (d) Metaphor
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Selected non-African poems Questions and Answers 36 - 40 Jamb/UTME Literature (2022)
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36. 'And serrated wings against the sky'
'Black piper on an infinitesimal pipe'
The lines above, taken from D.H Lawrence's 'Bat', are an instance of
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(a) Parody
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(b) Metaphor
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(c) Personification
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(d) Repetition
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The correct answer is: (b) Metaphor
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37. 'Flower of Florence'/ 'Twitch a twitter' / 'Little lumps' these lines from D.H Lawrence's 'Bats' are instances of
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(a) Assonance
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(b) Alliteration
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(c) Simile
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(d) Metaphor
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The correct answer is: (b) Alliteration
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38. The subject matter of 'Caged Bird' by Maya Angelou is
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(a) Racism
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(b) Poverty
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(c) Gender
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(d) Restriction
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The correct answer is: (a) Racism
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39. 'And make one little room an everywhere'. this line from John Donne's 'The Good Morrow' is an example of
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(a) Euphemism
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(b) Imagery
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(c) Hyperbole
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(d) Allusion
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The correct answer is: (c) Hyperbole
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40. 'The journey of the Maggi' by T.S Elliot is
(a) A metaphor for life's journey
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(b) A narration of people on a journey
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(c) About travelers
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(d) The challenges of a long journey
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The correct answer is: (a) A metaphor for life's journey
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