Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1721:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesA character that heavily relies on cultural types for his manner of speech, his personality and other distinguishing characteristics is

A. A fictional character
B. A stock character
C. A rounded character
D. An antagonist

Question 1722:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African VerseIn Clark's Agbor Dancer, the the poet watches the dancer with

A. Spite
B. Despair
C. Nostalgia
D. Rhapsody

Question 1723:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesMonometer is a

A. Single meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
B. Line repeated in the first syllable of a word
C. Single foot used in John Milton's sonnets
D. Line of verse consisting of a metrical foot

Question 1724:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesZeugma is a figurative device in which a

A. Noun refers to two parts of an expression
B. Conjunction governs two parts of an expression
C. Verb refers to two parts of an expression
D. Pronoun governs two parts of an expression

Question 1725:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesChanson is a term denoting a

A. Poem of varied metrical froms
B. From of love song
C. Song from the Middle Ages
D. Popular Korean verse