Jamb Literature in English 2016 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2016

No. no1 Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.

The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.


The speaker in the passage is

A. Reckless
B. Insane
C. A coward
D. A hero

Question 7:

• JAMB 2016

'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups

'Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino


The poet in the lines is saying that

A. The speaker is very hygienic
B. The person referred to takes Western medicine
C. Herbal medicine is dangerous
D. The speaker prefers Western medicine

Question 8:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


Satire employs the use of

A. Onomatopeia
B. Irony
C. Synecdoche
D. Melancholy

Question 9:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


The speech made by a character to himself on stage is

A. Epilogue
B. Aside
C. Soliloquy
D. Monologue

Question 10:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'


Wole Soyinka: Night.


The line above suggest that women are

A. Covetous
B. Dogmatic
C. Seers
D. Magicians