Jamb Literature in English 1978 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1978

Another shoal of cars swam past.One in particular caught his eye,a long slender thing,elegant as a swallow,all gleaming blue and silver,a thousand guineas it would have cost,he tought.
In the first sentence,cars are described in terms of

A. Birds
B. Ants
C. Fish
D. Lamp-posts
E. Pretty girls

Question 17:

• JAMB 1978

Point out the odd item:

A. Raisin in the sun
B. Twelfth Night
C. Ozidi
D. The Concubine
E. Romeo and Juliet

Question 18:

• JAMB 1978

An image in poetry usually gives a clue to one of the following:

A. Rhyme
B. Assonance
C. Paradox
D. Theme
E. Refrain

Question 19:

• JAMB 1978

'That year the harvest was sad,like a funeral,and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams.One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself'. The mood conveyed here is one of

A. Excitement
B. Sadness
C. Joy
D. Triumph
E. Elation

Question 20:

• JAMB 1978

One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy:

A. Climax
B. Happy ending
C. Tragic hero
D. Alliteration
E. Stanza