Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2019

Okara's reminiscence in the "Piano and Drums" as to how he walks to the farm with no shoes, marching thorns and dangerous leafs, and still finds this enjoyable creates a feeling of___________

A. Nostalgia
B. Neglect of African culture for civilized styles
C. Clash of culture
D. Confusion

Question 7:

• JAMB 2019

Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________

A. Opposite
B. Similar
C. Symbolic
D. Repetitive

Question 8:

• JAMB 2019

... a didactic poem, especially such with animals as characters may be distinctively described as a/an_________

A. Romance
B. Gothic poem
C. Limerick
D. Apologue

Question 9:

• JAMB 2019

One of the following is not significant to Morris' "The Proud King"

A. Didacticism
B. Allusion
C. Parable
D. Allegory

Question 10:

• JAMB 2019

'The dun dun of a drum' is an example of an__________

A. Euphemism
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Assonance
D. Oxymoron