LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2019

Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.


The literary device used in line 1 is ________

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Litotes
D. Personification

Question 17:

• JAMB 2019

Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.


The literary device used in line 6 is an example of______

A. Synecdoche
B. Irony
C. Paradox
D. Hyperbole

Question 18:

• JAMB 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...


The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_____________

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair

Question 19:

• JAMB 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...

The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_________

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair

Question 20:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world Anne Frank The Diary of a young Girl


The writer of the passage above is ________?

A. Assertive
B. Retrogressive
C. Optimistic
D. Antagnistic