Jamb Literature in English 1987 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 1987

'A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire - whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth'.
The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of

A. Hearing
B. Sight
C. Touch
D. Smell.

Question 42:

• JAMB 1987

She said you just had to make an emotional commitment in marriage. It was like skiing, you could not see in advance what would happen but you had to let go. Maybe that was why I failed, because I didn't know what I had to let go of. For me it hadn't been like skiing, it was more like jumping off a cliff. That was the feeling I had all the time I was married, in the air, going down, waiting for the smash at the bottom.
The passage indicates that the author's experience in marriage was

A. Exhilarating like skiing
B. Steeped in boredom and monotony
C. Full of fear of the unknown
D. Fraught with grief and despair

Question 43:

• JAMB 1987

An ode is best described as a

A. Story told in poetic from
B. Poetic composition of fourteen lines
C. Narration about nature and natural objects
D. Lyrical poem addressed to some persons things

Question 44:

• JAMB 1987

Alliteration is

A. The use of figures of speech to achieve poetic effect
B. The repetition of two or more words having the same initial consonant sound
C. Usually employed to set the scene for a conflict
D. All of the above

Question 45:

• JAMB 1987

An allegory is a story

A. In which people or things or events have another meaning
B. Which aims at teaching a moral lesson
C. In which allegations are made about the characters
D. Told in verse