Literature In English 2004 Jamb Examination
Literature In English 2004 Jamb Examination
Question 11
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Everywhere now, freedom is on the loose And in its name, men and women slaughter One another with terrible abandon Carnage has become the means of Setting simple scores with our friends'
Okinba Launko: Pain Remembers, Love Rekindles
The dominant rhetorical device in the poem above is
'Everywhere now, freedom is on the loose And in its name, men and women slaughter One another with terrible abandon Carnage has become the means of Setting simple scores with our friends'
Okinba Launko: Pain Remembers, Love Rekindles
The dominant rhetorical device in the poem above is
The rhetorical device used is oxymoron, as it juxtaposes ideas like 'freedom' and 'slaughter,' highlighting the irony of violence committed in the name of liberty.
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Question 12
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you' he said. 'I went to school only a little, but I have killed many many more years in this world than you have,'
Gabriel Okara: The Voice
It can be inferred from the passage above that the
'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you' he said. 'I went to school only a little, but I have killed many many more years in this world than you have,'
Gabriel Okara: The Voice
It can be inferred from the passage above that the
The passage highlights the speaker's greater life experience compared to the listener, indicating that the speaker is more experienced in worldly matters.
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Question 13
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'The guilty are too well-fed to pass through the needle's eye of our scorn the noose of public contempt hangs idle at the market place'
Odia Ofeimun: The Poet Lied and other poems
The allusion in the excerpt above is
'The guilty are too well-fed to pass through the needle's eye of our scorn the noose of public contempt hangs idle at the market place'
Odia Ofeimun: The Poet Lied and other poems
The allusion in the excerpt above is
The reference to the 'needle's eye' is a biblical allusion, recalling the biblical metaphor about a rich man entering the kingdom of God.
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Question 14
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.
My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.
My poor brother in immaculate evening dress Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.
Diop: The Renegade
The poet's attitude here is
'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.
My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.
My poor brother in immaculate evening dress Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.
Diop: The Renegade
The poet's attitude here is
The poet's tone is sarcastic, mocking the brother’s blind imitation of foreign culture and servitude to the colonizers.
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Question 15
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
MR. BOROFO: 'I heartily curse the day my wife decided to go to England. Ever since then, I have had nothing but we must do this because it is done in England, we mustn't do that, because it is not done by English people and so on ad nauseam.'
The subject matter of the passage above is the
MR. BOROFO: 'I heartily curse the day my wife decided to go to England. Ever since then, I have had nothing but we must do this because it is done in England, we mustn't do that, because it is not done by English people and so on ad nauseam.'
The subject matter of the passage above is the
The passage criticizes the uncritical acceptance of European values by the wife, who insists on copying English ways without considering their relevance.
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Question 16
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Since you left here my mind longs after there Now in the dark I grope Keenly striving to cope'
Gbemisola Adeoti: Absence
The dominant technique in the lines above is
'Since you left here my mind longs after there Now in the dark I grope Keenly striving to cope'
Gbemisola Adeoti: Absence
The dominant technique in the lines above is
The lines show repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines such as 'grope' and 'cope,' which is a clear example of rhyme.
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Question 17
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'He was an odd-looking duck, Inman was. He was in his mid-fifties but still had a head of thick black hair, which began low on his forehead and was slicked back over his small round. He seemed to be made of a series of balls piled one atop the other.'
Tom Wolfe: A Man in Full
The author's attitude to Inman in the passage above is one of
'He was an odd-looking duck, Inman was. He was in his mid-fifties but still had a head of thick black hair, which began low on his forehead and was slicked back over his small round. He seemed to be made of a series of balls piled one atop the other.'
Tom Wolfe: A Man in Full
The author's attitude to Inman in the passage above is one of
The description exaggerates Inman’s appearance humorously, comparing him to 'a series of balls,' which portrays ridicule rather than praise or admiration.
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Question 18
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'
Jose Saramago: All the Names
What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?
'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'
Jose Saramago: All the Names
What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?
The phrase 'a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him' clearly shows that the unknown woman is buried and therefore dead.
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Question 19
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'I am alone And the murmur of my lips Carry song and tears homewards From a plain away from home'
Okogbule Wonodi: Lament for Shola
The poet-persona here expresses a feeling of
'I am alone And the murmur of my lips Carry song and tears homewards From a plain away from home'
Okogbule Wonodi: Lament for Shola
The poet-persona here expresses a feeling of
The poet-persona laments with 'song and tears' while away from home, reflecting deep sorrow rather than joy or anger.
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Question 20
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Be him English Be him African Be him Nigerian'
The lines above are an example of
'Be him English Be him African Be him Nigerian'
The lines above are an example of
The repetition of the phrase 'Be him' at the beginning of each line is an example of anaphora, a rhetorical device of repeated openings.
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