Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 581:

• JAMB 1983

'We return to our places, these kingdoms. But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad to another death'.
Which of the following authors chose the title of one of his novels from the above lines?

A. Eddie Iroh
B. Onuora Nzukwu
C. Cyprian Ekwensi
D. Elechi Amadi
E. Chinua Achebe

Question 582:

• JAMB 1983

'Even children knew of Simi! Wives knelt and prayed that their men might sin a hundred times with a hundred women, but may their erring feet never lead them to Simi of the slow eyelids. For then men lost hope of salvation, their homes and children became ghost of a past illusion, learning from Simi to a new view of life, and love immersed in a cannibal's reality. Simi broke men, and friendship'.
It is obvious from this passage that Simi is

A. Famous for her love of children
B. A goddess worshipped by children, women and men
C. A woman other women like to befriend
D. An alluring, irresistible man-snatcher
E. Disliked for teaching sex-education.

Question 583:

• JAMB 1983

The tendency in words to echo the meaning by the actual sound is called

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Assonance
C. Alliteration
D. Rhyme
E. Phonetics.

Question 584:

• JAMB 1983

The expression 'All the world is a stage' is a good example of the figure of speech known as

A. Personification
B. Paradox
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile
E. Metaphor.

Question 585:

• JAMB 1983

The 'Settings in a novel refers to

A. The point in the story where we first encounter the main character
B. The overall social and physical background of the main events in the novel
C. The home country of the hero or heroine
D. The location where the main event in the novel takes place
E. All the various places mentioned in the novel.