Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 881:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'Hall to then, blithe spirit!
Bird thou wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art!
'To A Shylark' by P.B. Shelley
The main figure of speech in the above passage is

A. Apostrophe
B. Hyperbole
C. Euphemism
D. Metonymy

Question 882:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'The story of my life, which I am about to record Is one full of striking incident Keener pange, deeper joys more singular vicissitudes, few have been led in God's providence to experience. As I look back on it through the vista of more than sixty years and scene on scene it rise before me an ever fresh wonder fils my mind. I delight to recall it, I dwell on it as did the Jews on the marvellous history of thir rescue from the bondage of Egypt' Black Slave Narratives J.F. Bayliss (ed)
The literary term used for this kind of writing is

A. Biography
B. Autograph
C. Orthography
D. Autobiography

Question 883:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'I have said too much unto a heart of stone
And laid mine honour too unchary out' Twelveth Night by W. Shakespeare
The above lamentation is an example of a

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Zeugma

Question 884:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower.'
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind',....
'Ode- Intimations of Immorality
by William Worthsworth
The above lines convey a sense of

A. Dejection
B. Uneasy acceptance
C. Deep distress
D. Nostalgia

Question 885:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'There is something new, for example, about my hands, a certain way of picking up my pipe or my fork. Or else it is the fork which now has a certain way of getting itself picked up, I don't know. Just now, when I was on the point of coming into my room, I stooped short because I felt in my hand a cold object which attracted my attention by means of a sort of personality. I opened my hand and looked I was simply holding the door knob' Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre
The style of writing in the passage can be described as

A. Introspective
B. Confused
C. Confrontational
D. Passive