Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 66:

• JAMB 2019

Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.


The literary device used in line 1 is ________

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Litotes
D. Personification

Question 67:

• JAMB 2019

Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.


The literary device used in line 6 is an example of______

A. Synecdoche
B. Irony
C. Paradox
D. Hyperbole

Question 68:

• JAMB 2019

The atmosphere of a poem has to do with_________

A. Time and Place
B. Rhythm and Rhyme
C. Tone and Mood
D. Versification and Lineation

Question 69:

• JAMB 2019

An overused expression is a/an _________

A. Cliche
B. Cacophony
C. Epigram
D. Archetype

Question 70:

• JAMB 2019

_____ is used to describe the predetermination of a future event in a literary piece

A. Analepsis
B. Prolepsis
C. Interlude
D. Fatalism