Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1931:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on general Literary principles
The metric pattern in a line of poetry with five stressed and five unstressed syllabus is

A. Trochaic decametre
B. Iambic pentametre
C. Anapestic metre
D. Dactylic metre

Question 1932:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
Theseus:
now, fair Hippolyta,our nuptial hour Draw on space for happy day bring in Another moon. But, O, me thinks how slow.The old moon wanes,she lingers my desires,Like to a step-drama or a dowager,Long withering out a young man's revenue.
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The literary device used in the excerpt above are

A. Personification and simile
B. Alliteration and synechdocheand
C. Rhyme and refrain
D. Irony and suspense

Question 1933:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
'You are the silent cold of pleasure locked in the world worldless wonder
You are the hive of pleasure no dragon can plunder'
Gbemisola Adeoti: Dream code
The excerpt above achieves its rhetorical effect through the use of

A. Repetition and meiosis
B. Caesura and hyperbole
C. Alliteration and irony
D. Metaphor and rhyme

Question 1934:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
'It was not yet closing time but yet most staff were trooping out of their offices. The lift was working now and he squeezed himself into it,breathing with difficulty the body odour emitted by one the passengers. He sighed with relief when they got to the ground floor and trumbled out of the lift.'
Ken Saro-Wiwa: A Forest of Flowers.
In the excerpt above,the subject's experience in the lift is

A. Timely
B. Unpleasant
C. Amusing
D. Comfortable

Question 1935:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
'In those days
When civilization kicked us in the face
When holy water slapped our cringing brows. The vulture built in the shadow of their talons.'
David Diop: The vulture
The dominant literary device used in the lines above is

A. Pun
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Metaphor