Jamb Literature in English 1984 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 1984

'There was a time when meadow, grove and stream,
The earth and every common sight
To me did seem
Appareled in celestial light
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore:
Turn wheresoever i may,
By night or day
The things which have seen i now can see no more.'
The mood captured in this passage is one of

A. Nostalgia
B. Despair
C. Confidence
D. Hope
E. Joy

Question 47:

• JAMB 1984

'Political languages is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure minds.'
The writer here suggesting that political language is

A. Convincing
B. Deceptive
C. Interesting
D. Destructive
E. Commendable.

Question 48:

• JAMB 1984

'The whole space was walled with dark aromatic bushes and was a bowl of heat and light. A great tree, fallen across one corner, leaned against the trees that still stood and rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top.'
In describing the action of the climber, the writer has used the literary device of

A. Simile
B. Hyperbole
C. Irony
D. Onomotopoeia
E. Personification.

Question 49:

• JAMB 1984

'The gates of polished reed closes behind them and the west is let in.'The above are the last two lines of David Rubadins ' Stanley meets Mutesa' and they suggest that

A. The sun setb after the arrival of Stanley
B. Stanley was shut out of Western civilization
C. Stanley symbolizes the advert of colonization
D. Stanley was very well recieved
E. Stanley thought he would be eaten up by the natives.

Question 50:

• JAMB 1984

I am not afraid of anything ;, he told them 'I have done almost everything in this world. I have committed all crimes you can think of and been called for most of them. I have been in prison more hours than I have been out of it within the last five years. In recounting his criminal life, this speaker's tone is

A. Repentant
B. Boastful
C. Regretful
D. Subdued
E. Remorseful