Jamb Literature in English 2016 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2016

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'

Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.


The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

Question 2:

• JAMB 2016

He is a faithful liar


The line above is an example of

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

Question 3:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'
G.Okara: The Voice.


It can be inferred from the passage above that the

A. Listener is wise
B. Speaker is a porter
C. Listener is more experienced
D. Speaker is more experienced

Question 4:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.Oh incomprehensible God!


Shall my pilot be
My inborn stars to that
Final call to thee...


The literary device used in the first line is

A. Apostrophe
B. Burleques
C. Rehetoric question
D. Passion

Question 5:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General 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 it but mocks reproof.'.


William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of

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