Jamb Literature in English 2014 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2014

He put himself in uniform, made one for
his five-year-old son, and marched with
the infant from dawn till noon every
market day, on the main road singing
'Kayiwawa beturi...
The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

A. A soldier
B. Abnormal
C. Energetic
D. A policeman

Question 42:

• JAMB 2014

He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of

A. Euphemism
B. Antithesis
C. Epigram
D. Oxymoron

Question 43:

• JAMB 2014

Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

A. Litotes
B. Innuendo
C. Hyperbole
D. Euphemism

Question 44:

• JAMB 2014

And when you trudge on one horny Pads Gullied
like the soles of modern shoes Pads that even
jiggers cannot conquer
Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

A. Sole of a pauper
B. Sole of a soldier
C. Policeman
D. Madman

Question 45:

• JAMB 2014

"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'
P.B. Shelley:Sonnet
The stanza above is an example of a

A. Couplet
B. Sestet
C. Quatrain
D. Sonnet