Jamb Literature in English 1980 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1980

Kongi's harvest is

A. A political drama
B. Social comedy
C. A play about natural rulers
D. A historical tragedy
E. A domestic comedy.

Question 27:

• JAMB 1980

Stars hide your fires;
let no light see my black and deep desires
They eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eyes fears, when it is done to see'
In these lines Shakespare uses

A. Hyperbole
B. Metonymy
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Apostophe

Question 28:

• JAMB 1980

'I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have i seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, council, governments'
These line fairly represent the attitude of Ulysses' life. This attitude may be described as

A. Complaining continually about life
B. Unwillingness to agree and work with others.
C. Ceaseless labour and search for challenges
D. Dislike of one's country or home
E. Roaming and idling.

Question 29:

• JAMB 1980

'Fast fading violets covered up in leaves
And mid May's eldest child
The coming must-rose full of dewy wine
The murmurous haunt of files on summer eves'.
('Ode to a nightingale')
The poetic beauty of the last line owes to the use of

A. Smile
B. Onomatopeia
C. Metaphor
D. Archaism
E. Metonymy

Question 30:

• JAMB 1980

In 'Ode to a nightingale' Keats celebrates the beauty of

A. A particular immortal Bird
B. All nightingales
C. Artistic expression
D. Philosophical statement
E. The nightingale Ruth heard