Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 2086:

• JAMB 2014

'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
From the lines above, the poet persona expresses dismay about

A. Grasshoppers
B. Bed-bugs
C. Bat
D. Cockroaches

Question 2087:

• JAMB 2014

'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 excerpts above is

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

Question 2088:

• JAMB 2014

You
Your head is like a drum that is beaten
for spirits
Your ears are like the fans used for
blowing fire.
The lines above are a good example of

A. Satire
B. Lampoon
C. Caricature
D. Ridicule

Question 2089:

• JAMB 2021

The title of Umeh's Ambassador of Poverty is

A. Repetition
B. A simile
C. An alliteration
D. An irony

Question 2090:

• JAMB 2021

Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh's The Soul's Errand through the use of

A. Metaphor
B. Alliteration
C. Repetition
D. Antithesis