Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 111:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"

The poet persona expresses dismay about________

A. Bet
B. Cockroaches
C. Grasshoppers
D. Light opera

Question 112:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

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

Question 113:

• JAMB 2018

Your head is like a drum that is beaten for spirits
Yours ears are like the fans used for blowing fire.

The lines above are a good example of_________

A. Caricature
B. Ridicule
C. Satire
D. Lampoon

Question 114:

• JAMB 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...

The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_________

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair

Question 115:

• JAMB 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

ill-starred wench: Pale as thy smoke; When we shall meet at compt"
The device used in the line above is__________

A. Simile
B. Pun
C. Metaphor
D. Paradox