Jamb Literature in English 2010 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation.
use the quotation below to answer these two questions
'Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu
The person being addressed above is a

A. Stucent
B. Domestic servant
C. Lawyer
D. Soldier

Question 42:

• JAMB 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation.
use the quotation below to answer these two questions
'Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu
From the tone of the speech above the speaker is obviously

A. Lackadaisical
B. Elated
C. Happy
D. Enraged

Question 43:

• JAMB 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation
'That year the harvest was sad, like a funeral and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his clothe to a tree branch and hanged himself.
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart.
The mood conveyed in the excerpt above is one of

A. Frustration
B. Sympathy
C. Dilemma
D. Sadness

Question 44:

• JAMB 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation
That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer, But being spent, the worse, and worst Time still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is

A. Aabb
B. Abab
C. Abba
D. Bbaa

Question 45:

• JAMB 2010

These questions are based on Literary Appreciation
But the towering earth was tired sitting in one position . She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the extract above IS.

A. Sea waves
B. House movement
C. Earthquake
D. Storms