Jamb Literature in English 1978 Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 1978

In 'The Castle' Muir writes:Our only enemy was gold'! This is true because

A. The castle was made of gold
B. All the men swallowed gold
C. There was no gold to pay for arms
D. The captain stole all available gold
E. Gold was the cause of their betrayal

Question 12:

• JAMB 1978

In 'The Flight to Australia' the following line occurs:'Tier upon tier it towered,the terrible Apennines' The figure of speech used in this line is known as

A. Alliteration
B. Litotes
C. Exaggeration
D. Parody
E. Metonym

Question 13:

• JAMB 1978

If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography,we mean that it is

A. A historical novel
B. A piece of writing telling us about the life of its author
C. A short story
D. A narrative tale
E. A book well written

Question 14:

• JAMB 1978

You cannot know
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.
In this verse the poet uses

A. Alternate rhymes
B. Monorhyme
C. Couplets
D. Triplets
E. Blank verses

Question 15:

• JAMB 1978

The Comstocks belonged to the most dismal of all classes,the middle-middle class,the landless gentry.In their miserable poverty they had not even the snobbish consolation of regarding themselves as an 'old' family fallen on evil days.....This writer's tone is

A. Melancholic
B. Matter-of-fact
C. Bitterly humorous
D. Sympathetic
E. Sad