Jamb Literature in English 2011 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,And laid my honour too unchary on it', There's something in me that reproves my fault, But such a headstrong potent fault it is that That is but mocks reproof.'
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
A heart of stone in the line above is an example of

A. Metonymy
B. Assonance
C. Metaphor
D. Litotes

Question 47:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
'Homage to Peregede, the triumphant mother of morning radiant in Chameleon's velvet let today's dawn bring on its rail trains of good tidings.
Gbemisola Adeoti: Salutation to the gods.
The excerpt above is an example of

A. Invocation
B. Ode
C. Elegy
D. Limerick

Question 48:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.''Blood was to prove no solace to the king. The rejection he had suffered at Idama's hands pushed his spirit into a comfortless hole in which,
alone with himself,he searched in vain for ways to run from his inner emptiness.'
Ayi Kwei Armah: Two Thousand Seasons.
The narrator's attitude to the king is one of

A. Envy
B. Suspicion
C. Contempt
D. Sympathy

Question 49:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
The wood decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapour weep their burthen to the ground,Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,And after many a summer dies the swan.
The subject matter of the line above is

A. Death
B. Famine
C. Storm
D. Rainfall