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Literature in English 1998 JAMB Past Questions

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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Browning's 'My Last Duchess'is

  • A. an epic
  • B. a sonnet
  • C. an elegy
  • D. a lyric
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as

  • A. adventurous
  • B. drunken
  • C. lively
  • D. restive
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This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Like many other characters of her type, Li in the novel, is able to attain progress through her

  • A. prayers to God
  • B. criticism of the system
  • C. optimistic attitude
  • D. dedication to duty
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Browning's 'My Last Duchess'is

  • A. an epic
  • B. a sonnet
  • C. an elegy
  • D. a lyric
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This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Li's initial aspiration in the novel is to

  • A. escape from village life to the city
  • B. marry a handsome man
  • C. join her husband in the city
  • D. remain in the peaceful village
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