LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 236:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man who proceeds upon the principle that two is not to be talked into allowing for anything over.'Charles Dickens, Hard Times
From the passage above, Thomas Gradgrind is

A. Dogmatic
B. Hostile
C. Theoretical
D. Eloguent

Question 237:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned.
He knew this was one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.'
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth.
The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of

A. Labyrinth
B. Drowning
C. Forgetfulness
D. Trance

Question 238:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Careened,
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched,
I swear!Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears
The tone of the poet is

A. Optimistic
B. Supplicatory
C. Sympathetic
D. Piteous

Question 239:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. '
Golding, Lord of the Flies.
In the passage above, the conch symbolises

A. Bestiality
B. Authority
C. Dictatorship
D. Civilization

Question 240:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'The old Squire was an implacable man: he made resolutions in violent anger, but he was not moved from them after his anger subsided as fiery as volcanic matters cool and harden into rock
George Eliot, Silas Marner
In the statement above, the Squire is portrayed as a

A. Kind and generous friend
B. Father to everyone in the community
C. Miserly and ungracious ruler
D. Quick tempered and adamant man