Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 201:

• JAMB 2016

'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups

'Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino


The poet in the lines is saying that

A. The speaker is very hygienic
B. The person referred to takes Western medicine
C. Herbal medicine is dangerous
D. The speaker prefers Western medicine

Question 202:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


Satire employs the use of

A. Onomatopeia
B. Irony
C. Synecdoche
D. Melancholy

Question 203:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


The speech made by a character to himself on stage is

A. Epilogue
B. Aside
C. Soliloquy
D. Monologue

Question 204:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'


Wole Soyinka: Night.


The line above suggest that women are

A. Covetous
B. Dogmatic
C. Seers
D. Magicians

Question 205:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

A. Hyperbole
B. Euphemism
C. Litotes
D. Innuendo