Jamb Literature in English 2017 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles

A literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ________?

A. Allusion
B. Juxtaposition
C. Symbolism
D. Memoir

Question 7:

• JAMB 2017

"I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ?

A. Synedole
B. Euphemism
C. Repetition
D. Irony

Question 8:

• JAMB 2017

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters


Judiciary

A. JudiciaRY
B. JUdiciary
C. JudiCIAry
D. JuDIciary

Question 9:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.


The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because

A. It only occurs in Ghana
B. It could be found only in Africa
C. It is common to almost all nations of the world
D. The novel is read in all parts of the world

Question 10:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.


According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus?

A. 107
B. 230
C. 200
D. 140