Literature In English 2006 Jamb Examination
Question 41
'He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones' time never shirking and never volunteering for extra either'.
George Orwell: Animal Farm
From the passage above, the character being described is
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Question 42
'The hunter dies and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies and leaves his poverty to his anvil..'
The extract above is an example of
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Question 43
'It was not the apple that tempted Eve, but this grapefruit; thus did Maren revise the tale of Paradise Lost, and even Chris, shocked as he was at such blasphemy, confessed himself tempted to agree whenever Maren returned from raiding the Principal's compound, with a shirtful of booty to share, especially on a hot afternoon.'
Wole Soyinka: Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years, A Memoir
The passage above achieves a mock-heroic effect through the use of
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Question 44
The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is
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