Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 661:

• JAMB 1985

Brutus: This is sleepy tune. O murd'rous slumber!
Layest thou the leaden mace upon my boy,
That plays the music? Gentle knave, good night.
'Gentle knave' refers to

A. Lucius
B. Cassius
C. Portia
D. Messala
E. Lucuis

Question 662:

• JAMB 1985

'Good friends, go in, and taste some wine with me;
And, we like friends, will straightway go together'.
This statement by Julius Caesar is an example of

A. Dramatic dialogue
B. Monologue
C. Mistaken identity
D. Dramatic irony
E. Paradox

Question 663:

• JAMB 1985

In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare portrays the roman plebeians as

A. Fickle-minded
B. Strong-willed
C. Compassionate
D. Machiavellian
E. Enterprising.

Question 664:

• JAMB 1985

'Serrating down your back and front
Like beak of the sword-fish,
And both your ears, notched
As a bondsman to this house...'
The dominant figure of speech in the above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Abiku' is

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Synecdoche
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
E. Verismilitude.

Question 665:

• JAMB 1985

'... like some fish
Doped out of the deep
I have bobbed up bellywise
From stream of sleep'.
The above lines from 'Night Rain' are intended to emphasize the fact that the speaker

A. Drank like a fishb
B. Took a heavy dose of sleeping pills
C. Slept with his belly facing upwards
D. Dreamt of fish in deep streams
E. Was suddenly roused from sleep.