Jamb Literature in English 2005 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becauses

A. An irony
B. A symbol
C. A subject
D. An epigram

Question 37:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
Unity of time in a tragedy implies that all actions should take place

A. Simultaneously
B. Intermittently
C. In a single revolution of the sun
D. Within the same locale

Question 38:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A short, carefully phrased expression meant to elicit amusement and surprise is

A. Hyperbole
B. Limerick
C. Tercet
D. Wit

Question 39:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary Principles'History's stammerer when will your memory master the vowels of your father's name?
Niyi Osundare: Waiting Laughter's
The literary device used in the excerpt above is

A. Apostrophe
B. Rhetorical question
C. Pun
D. Run-on-line

Question 40:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary Principles
''It is a beauteous evening, calm and free The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; The gentleness of heaven broods O'er the sea: Listen! the might Being is awake And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder-everlasting'.
W. Wordsworth: It is a Beauteous Evening
The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

A. Cbba cdda
B. Bbac ddac
C. Ddca bbca
D. Abbc addc