JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.

"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called_________?

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

In the novel, bage cape signifies everlasting ________?

The question is based on George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

The novels draws a picture of______?

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.

In the play. the central idea is that gender equity_______?

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at compt" 
The device used in the line above is__________

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.

"Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO

"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?


The speaker of the excerpt above is________

Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of _________

The question is based on Richard Writer’s Native Son

Weekly, Bigger is to be paid_________?

"The drum overwhelmed the guns..." J.P Stark: "Casualties"

The poet in the excerpt above uses

The question is based on Richard Writer’s NATIVE SON

Mr Datton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.

In their fight, the women settle at Iyara in order to_______?

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

Widows mourning in Kofi wear garments that are________???

The question is based on Bayo Adebowale's LONELY DAYS

Yaremi's only son is______?

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him…

  The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_____________