Jamb Literature in English 2017 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 2017

"Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face"


The excerpt above exemplifies _______?

A. Irony
B. Synedoche
C. Symbolism
D. Euphemism

Question 22:

• 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 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.


"goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast"


The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is

A. Metonymy
B. Personification
C. Oxymoron
D. Irony

Question 23:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on William Shakesphere's Othello.


"...Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?....."


The speaker in the excerpt above addresses _______?

A. Othello
B. Lago
C. Brabantio
D. Roderigo

Question 24:

• JAMB 2017

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


The Two dominant themes of the play are

A. Honesty and decency
B. Immorality and greed
C. Poverty and education
D. Weeding and planting

Question 25:

• JAMB 2017

Choose the option that has the same rhymes with the given word

Pad

A. Paid
B. Mail
C. Mart
D. Made