Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 216:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Principles.


An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

A. Pathos
B. Parody
C. Pyrrhic
D. Props

Question 217:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.


'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is

A. Auditory
B. Gustatory
C. Tactile
D. Visual

Question 218:

• JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'


The rhyme scheme from Tennyson's cross the Bar is

A. Abac
B. Abba
C. Abab
D. Abcb

Question 219:

• JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'


One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

A. Education
B. Slavery
C. Colonisation
D. Corruption

Question 220:

• JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'

'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'


The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as

A. Smart
B. Sick
C. Weak
D. Strong