Literature in English JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

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Ngotho was pleased. And Nyolabi and Njeri were full of joy at the news. For the first time many years something like a glimmer of light shone in Ngotho’s eyes. He could even be seen making an effort to walk upright. Here at last was a son who might eventually be a match for the Howlands and Jacobos and any others who at all despised him. Kamanu too was pleased. He hoped he could go on helping Njoroge. Njoroge might do something for the family.
Njoroge was happy. His first impulse when he learnt what he had gone through was to kneel down and thank God for all He had done for him. ‘ Give me more and more learning and make me the instrument of thy light and peace. ‘To go to Secondary School, the big mission at Siriana, was no small achievement.

The mood of the people in the extract is that of

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UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

I wonder how long, you awful parasite,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
On, for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep
When thou art sure, I can’t you capture,
Just at the time I snore deep.

‘Tis is strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

The device used in ”Tis so strange” is

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UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

I wonder how long, you awful parasite,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
On, for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep
When thou art sure, I can’t you capture,
Just at the time I snore deep.

‘Tis is strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

The person’s mood is one of

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UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

I wonder how long, you awful parasite,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
On, for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep
When thou art sure, I can’t you capture,
Just at the time I snore deep.

‘Tis is strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

The creature in the poem is best described as

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UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

I wonder how long, you awful parasite,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
On, for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep
When thou art sure, I can’t you capture,
Just at the time I snore deep.

‘Tis is strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

Lines 1 and 2 of the second stanza illustrate the use of

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UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

I wonder how long, you awful parasite,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
On, for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attack me when I am deep asleep
When thou art sure, I can’t you capture,
Just at the time I snore deep.

‘Tis is strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

The subject of the poem is a

The ending of most comedies is

The main effect of comedy on an audience is

Which of the following is not a type of drama?

The climax in a literary work is the

A sonnet is made up of a rhyming sestet and two

A stanza of four lines is a (n)

‘The stars blinked and the wind wailed’ is an example of

An ‘Aside’ occurs when a speaker on stage

A verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage

The hero in a story is the

A play that thrives on exaggeration of humour, plot and character is a

The characters in a play constitute the

The theme of a work of art is the

One of the following is a literary device

The repetition of similar vowel sounds within lines is