Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1731:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge in a character is know as

A. Hamartia
B. Anagnorisis
C. Hubris
D. Anamnesis

Question 1732:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
If I cannot slaughter other tribes men If I do not say my prayer in the morning If I turn my back on some of your advice... Is meal Heron:Pardon me.
The repetition in the lines above is a poetic device of

A. Plagiarism
B. Anaphora
C. Paralipsis
D. Alliteration

Question 1733:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation
'Though alien to this clime its capacity for bagging crime befits a legendary scion of the soil the brief sack with bulging stomach.'The poem achieves its significant effect through the use of

A. Quatrain and imagery
B. Rhyme andsimile
C. Onomatopoeia and alliteration
D. Alliteration and personification

Question 1734:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary AppreciationI will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is

A. Repetition
B. Chronological
C. Refrain
D. Parallelism

Question 1735:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation
And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'
Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being

A. Paradoxical
B. Anttithetical
C. Illogical
D. Tautological