Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 181:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.


One of the thematic preoccupations of Awooner's The Anvil and the Hammer is

A. Clash of cultures
B. Revival of colonalism
C. The changing face of colonial masters
D. The good attributes of colonalism

Question 182:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.


The cap-picking ceremony is to

A. Break the strong will of Yaremi
B. Make Yaremi remarry
C. Establish that she is wicked
D. Prove that Ajumobi is not the best

Question 183:

• JAMB 2017

This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations.


A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______?

A. Elergy
B. Epic
C. Dirge
D. Sonnet

Question 184:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

(ACP Yakubu in his office)...


How can that old crook of a Judge acquit and discharge a very clear case of cocaine pushing. What evidence is he looking for?...' The technique used in the excerpt above is called

A. Interior monologue
B. Apostrophe
C. Dramatic monologue
D. Soliloquoy

Question 185:

• JAMB 2017

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options.

The stressed syllables are written in capital letters departmental

A. DEpartmental
B. DePARTmental
C. DepartMENtal
D. DepartmenTAL