Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 686:

• JAMB 1985

A trade, Sir, that, i hope, i may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, Sir, a mender of bad soles.
The passage is referring to a

A. Religious preacher who saves sinful souls
B. Physician who cures diseases of the sole
C. Workman who repears shoes
D. Trader who prevents bad sales
E. Trader who cheats customers during sales.

Question 687:

• JAMB 1985

At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.
The setting is best described as

A. Bracing
B. Dismal
C. Exhilarating
D. Delightful
E. Pleasant.

Question 688:

• JAMB 1985

A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as

A. Exclamation
B. Litotes
C. Metonymy
D. Hyperbole
E. Antonym.

Question 689:

• JAMB 1985

'The pen is mightier than the sword' is an example of

A. Metonymy
B. Antonomasia
C. Comparison
D. Synecdoche
E. Paradox.

Question 690:

• JAMB 1985

In poetry, the elegiac mood typically attends the occasion or experience of

A. Triumph and fulfilment
B. Birth and growth
C. Death and decay
D. Joy and ecstacy
E. Illumination and discovery.