Literature In English 1982 Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 41 :

• JAMB 1982

The other team was composed of much bigger boys than any we had in Galike and they chose the biggest of them all, sending him out like Goliath from the Philistines to challenge one of our team.
In this passage Kenneth Kaunda makes his account of the fight more vivid through the use of

A. Repetitious statements
B. Symbolic reference
C. Biblical allusion
D. Delibrate distortion
E. Hyperbolic comment.

Question 42 :

• JAMB 1982

Kenneth Kaunda fought a much bigger boy from another school after a football match because he

A. Was quarrelsome
B. Was aggressive and violet by nature
C. Though they lost the match through foul play
D. Had a great sense of honour and fair play
E. Disliked the boys from the other school.

Question 43 :

• JAMB 1982

I have thee not yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling, as to sight'
'fatal vision' in the second line is a reference to

A. The ghost of Banquo
B. The ghost of Duncan
C. One of the three witches
D. An imaginary dagger
E. King Duncan's crown

Question 44 :

• JAMB 1982

Which of the following is a major source of interest in As You Like It?

A. The effective use of disguise
B. The disappointment of lovers
C. The fidelity of Shakspeare's characters
D. The authors irreverent use of language
E. The consistency of roles

Question 45 :

• JAMB 1982

This is my letter to the world
That never wrote to me
The simple news that Nature told
With tender majesty
Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen
Judge tenderly of me'
To whom does 'her' in line 5 refer?

A. Majesty
B. World
C. Tender
D. Nature
E. The poet's sister