Jamb Literature in English 2018 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.

And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"
The lines are an example of a________?

A. Limerick
B. Lampoon
C. Light verse
D. Light opera

Question 32:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"

The poet persona expresses dismay about________

A. Bet
B. Cockroaches
C. Grasshoppers
D. Light opera

Question 33:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

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

Question 34:

• JAMB 2018

Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits
Yours ears are like the fans used for blowing fire.

The lines above are a good example of_________

A. Caricature
B. Ridicule
C. Satire
D. Lampoon

Question 35:

• JAMB 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...

The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_________

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair