Jamb Literature in English 2007 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation
'Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a legendary scion of the soil the brief sack with bulging stomach.'The poem achieves its significant effect through the use of

A. Quatrain and imagery
B. Rhyme andsimile
C. Onomatopoeia and alliteration
D. Alliteration and personification

Question 42:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary AppreciationI will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is

A. Repetition
B. Chronological
C. Refrain
D. Parallelism

Question 43:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation
And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'
Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being

A. Paradoxical
B. Anttithetical
C. Illogical
D. Tautological

Question 44:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary AppreciationKATE:No shame but mine. I must, forsooth be forcedTo give my hand opposed against my heart Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen, Who wooed in haste and means to weel at leisure, I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourWilliam Shakespear:The Taming of the ShrewIn the excerpt above, it is clear that the speaker is

A. Contented
B. Indifferent
C. Anxious
D. Enthusiastic

Question 45:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation'Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.'J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The BoatFrom the excerpt above, the speaker is

A. Bereaved
B. Homeless
C. Recovering from an illness
D. A trained nurse