Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 221:

• JAMB 2016

According tp Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is

A. Poor
B. Religious
C. Hopeful
D. Frustrated

Question 222:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.


You want to known something then you run like a rabbit'


The device used in the line above is

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

Question 223:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.


According to the novel, Southerners deprive the Negroes of

A. Being more educated
B. Accommodation
C. Good job
D. The rights to vote

Question 224:

• 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 Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.


The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of

A. Fable
B. Euphemism
C. Allegory
D. Symbolism

Question 225:

• 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.


The tone of the persona in Blake's The School Boy is that of

A. Fear
B. Fulfillment
C. Contempt
D. Neutrality