LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 161:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
'See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand;
O! that I wore a glove upon that hand
That predominant figure of speech in these lines is

A. Conceit
B. Apostrophe
C. Caricature
D. Simile

Question 162:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
Though we knew that something was wrong with our society, we made no attempt to assess it.
Trinidad was too unimportant and we could never be convinced of the value of reading the history of a place which was, as everyone said, only a dot on the map of the world.
The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul
The writer here maintains that Trinidad

A. Was too insignificant to have a history
B. Was so small that its people did not value its history
C. Was a mere dot and did not therefore attract people's attention
D. Lacked historical significance bcause it could not compete with the rest of the world.

Question 163:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
'I thank you God for creating me black
For making of me
Porter of all sorrows
Sitting on my head
The World
I wear the Centaur's hide
And I have carried the World since the first morning'.
'I Thank You God' by Benard Dadie
The poet's attitude here is being

A. Ironical
B. Whimsical
C. Sorrowful
D. Sarcastic

Question 164:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
'...Akosua Nowa has touched my manhood;
Tell her, red ant upon the tree;
If she passes this way, I am gone,
I am gone to load my gun
No matter how hidden deep her treasure,
By my father's coffin I swear
I'll shoot my way to it this day;
Son of the hunter King
There is liquid fire in my gun!
' Akosua Nowa' by Joe de Graft
The beauty of this poem is built upon its

A. Rhythm
B. Extended images of treasure and gun
C. The protagonist's boastfulness
D. The arrangement of the lines

Question 165:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
'A great city is a battlefield...You need to be a fighter to live in it, not exist, mark you, live. Anybody can exist, dragging his soul around behind him like a worn-out coat; but living is different'
'To Sir with Love' by E.R. Braithwaite
The literary device predominantly used in this passage is

A. Simile
B. Oxymoron
C. Symbolism
D. Sarcasm