Jamb Literature in English 2023 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2023

From the novel; Wuthering Heights




This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
Which of the following characters dies last?

A. Catherine
B. Heathcliff
C. Linton
D. Mr. Linton

Question 42:

• JAMB 2023

From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel




This question is based on THE LION AND THE JEWEL.
Which character may be an allegory of Nigeria itself?

A. Baroka
B. Sadiku
C. Lakunle
D. Sidi

Question 43:

• JAMB 2023

From the novel; Wuthering Heights




This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
What destination does the young Catherine have in mind when she leaves Thrushcross Grange for the first time?

A. Wuthering Heights
B. The nearby village
C. The fairy caves at Penistone Crags
D. London, where her cousin Linton lives

Question 44:

• JAMB 2023

A Government Driver on His Retirement is a poem of thirty-three lines divided into _______ stanzas.

A. Six
B. Four
C. Three
D. Five

Question 45:

• JAMB 2023

This question is based on THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI.

Read the excerpt and answer question
"And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly"

The dominant device in this excerpt is ___


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