POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 66:

• JAMB 1978

In 'The Castle' Muir writes:Our only enemy was gold'! This is true because

A. The castle was made of gold
B. All the men swallowed gold
C. There was no gold to pay for arms
D. The captain stole all available gold
E. Gold was the cause of their betrayal

Question 67:

• JAMB 1978

In 'The Flight to Australia' the following line occurs:'Tier upon tier it towered,the terrible Apennines' The figure of speech used in this line is known as

A. Alliteration
B. Litotes
C. Exaggeration
D. Parody
E. Metonym

Question 68:

• JAMB 1978

You cannot know
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.
In this verse the poet uses

A. Alternate rhymes
B. Monorhyme
C. Couplets
D. Triplets
E. Blank verses

Question 69:

• JAMB 1978

An image in poetry usually gives a clue to one of the following:

A. Rhyme
B. Assonance
C. Paradox
D. Theme
E. Refrain

Question 70:

• JAMB 1978

In Twelfth Night
'If music be the food of love,play on
Give me excess of it,that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and die'
was spoken by

A. Curio
B. Valentine
C. Orsino
D. Antonio
E. Sir Andrew