LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 111:

• JAMB 1985

'There kneels a jigger, a louse, a weevil, a flea, a bedbug! He is mistletoe, a parasite that lives on the trees of other people's lives!'
The speaker uses a string of

A. Hyperbole
B. Parables
C. Metaphors
D. Riddles
E. Understatements.

Question 112:

• JAMB 1985

A trade, Sir, that, i hope, i may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, Sir, a mender of bad soles.
The passage is referring to a

A. Religious preacher who saves sinful souls
B. Physician who cures diseases of the sole
C. Workman who repears shoes
D. Trader who prevents bad sales
E. Trader who cheats customers during sales.

Question 113:

• JAMB 1985

At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.
The setting is best described as

A. Bracing
B. Dismal
C. Exhilarating
D. Delightful
E. Pleasant.

Question 114:

• JAMB 1985

Brenda suddenly stiffened in her chair and half turned her ear to the window, silent like an animal waiting to spring, an alertness that transformed her face to temporary ugliness. Arthur noticed it,
'He's coming', she said 'i heard the gate open.'
In this short passage, the writer succeeds in creating

A. Anti-climax
B. Pity
C. Comic relief
D. Suspense
E. Characters.

Question 115:

• JAMB 1986

'The Vultures built in the shadow of their talons
The blood-stained monument of tutelage.'
The image used in the above lines associates the civilizing missions with

A. Redemption from ignorance
B. Violence and oppression
C. Conversion from paganism
D. The building of beautiful edifices.