Jamb Literature in English 2004 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
MR.BOROFO: I heartily curse the day my wife decided to go to
England. Ever since then,I have had nothing but we must do this because it is done in England, we mustn't do that, because it is not done by English people and so on ad nauseam.
The subject matter of the passage above is the

A. Uncritical acceptance of European values
B. Woes of English marriage
C. Adventures in England
D. Intransigence of an African wife

Question 17:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation'Since you left here my mind longs after there Now in the dark I grope Keenly striving to cope'
Gbemisola Adeoti: Absence
The dominant technique in the lines above is

A. Irony
B. Rhyme
C. Alliteration
D. Metaphor

Question 18:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary AppreciationHe was an odd-looking duck, Inman was.
He was in his mid-fifties but still had a head of thick black hair, which began low on his forehead and was slicked back over his small round.
He seemed to be made of a series of balls piled one atop the other.
Tom Wolfe: A Man in Full
The author's attitude to inman in the passage above is one of

A. Ridicule
B. Praise
C. Hatred
D. Admiration

Question 19:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation'Senhor Jose got cold during the night. After having uttered those redundant useless words, here she is, he wasn't sure what else he should do. It was true that, after long and arduous labours, he had managed, at last to find the unknown woman, or rather, the place where she lay, a good six feet beneath an earth that still sustained him'
Jose Saramago: All the Names
What happens to the unknown woman in the passage above?

A. She runs away
B. She is awake
C. She falls asleep
D. She is dead

Question 20:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation'I am alone
And the murmur of my lips
Carry song and tears homewards
From a plain away from home
Okogbule Wonodi: Lament for Shola
The poet-persona here expresses a feeling of

A. Elation
B. Anger
C. Nostaglgia
D. Sorrow