Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 591:

• JAMB 1983

'He was tall and huge, and his bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a very severe look. He breathed heavily, and it was said that, when he slept, his wives and children in their houses could hear him breath'. This passage achieves vividness through the use of

A. Details
B. Simple words
C. Short sentences
D. The past tense
E. Puntuation.

Question 592:

• JAMB 1983

'O murderous slumber! Layest thou thy laden mace upon my boy, that plays thee must. The quoted passage is an example of

A. Memorization
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Apostrophe
E. Allusion

Question 593:

• JAMB 1983

Animal Farm is a fable illustrating the inevitable degeneration of revolutionary ideals. According to the novel, this degeneration occurs because

A. Social equality, the goal of such idealism, is actually undersirable
B. Revolutionary ideals are dreamed by blood-thirsty individuals
C. Man's greedy individualistic nature always subverts the realization of ideals
D. Revolutionary ideals are inimical to progress
E. Animals are the wrong characters to illustrate man's weaknesses.

Question 594:

• JAMB 1984

In Julius Caesar, we learn that political success depends largely on

A. Virture, honesty and patrotism
B. Cunning and a readiness to make uses others
C. A strong body and good career as a soldier
D. A sound training in political science and public
E. Having a generous, sympathetic and God-fearing spiritn

Question 595:

• JAMB 1984

In Julius Caesar, we learn that political success depends largely on

A. Virture, honesty and patrotism
B. Cunning and a readiness to make uses others
C. A strong body and good career as a soldier
D. A sound training in political science and public
E. Having a generous, sympathetic and God-fearing spiritn