Jamb Literature in English 2022 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2022

"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"
This exemplies the use of ____________

A. Hendiadys
B. Chiasmus
C. Anaphora
D. Anadiplosis

Question 7:

• JAMB 2022

'I am jealous and passonate
Like Jehovah, God of the Jews.'
J.P Clark: Olokun
A device used in the second line of the excerpt above is ____________

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

Question 8:

• JAMB 2022

Dramatis personae in a play refers to ____________

A. Cast list
B. List of characters
C. Protagonist and antagonist
D. Order of appearance

Question 9:

• JAMB 2022

An irredeemable reversal of the hero's fortune in a tragedy is called ____________

A. Purgation
B. Peripeteia
C. Hubris
D. Anagnorisis

Question 10:

• JAMB 2022

"I hate brave cowards like you" is an example of ____________

A. Irony
B. Antithesis
C. Eulogy
D. Oxymoron