Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 191:

• 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.


The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as

A. Sober
B. Boastful
C. Defiant
D. Languid

Question 192:

• JAMB 2017

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


"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."


The speaker in the excerpt above is

A. Aloho
B. Ogeyi
C. Odili
D. Ochuole

Question 193:

• JAMB 2017

"The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is

A. Assonance
B. Consonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

Question 194:

• 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.


Piano and Drums according to Okara's Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________

A. Contradictory tunes
B. Complementary tunes
C. Different cultural milieus
D. Different rhythmic appeals

Question 195:

• JAMB 2016

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'

Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.


The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

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