Jamb Literature in English 2017 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles


At the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________?

A. Metaphor and paradox
B. Simile and metaphor
C. Simile and personification
D. Paradox and simile

Question 17:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption


The play portrays the judiciary as

A. Unserious and lenient
B. Consistent and just
C. Corrupt and weak
D. Patronising and self-righteous

Question 18:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on General Literacy Principles


A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called

A. Psychological novel
B. Picaresque
C. Autobiography
D. Satirical novel

Question 19:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.


The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?

A. Sober
B. Boastful
C. Defiant
D. Languid

Question 20:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

“... where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf”


The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?

A. Danger
B. Calmness
C. Pity
D. Saddness