LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 241:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'I'm not going to be drawn into that old trap of an argument and be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a sewer;
The speaker in the statement above is being

A. Symbolical
B. Analogical
C. Metaphorical
D. Parabolical

Question 242:

• JAMB 2002

'Oshor:...Winds howl forth-howl forth,
hold back hold back-is the time- oh
endless time-slung in oblivion,
make minced meat of your prey.'
Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon.
The mood captured in the lines above is one of

A. Fear
B. Happiness
C. Indifference
D. Joy

Question 243:

• JAMB 2002

'Oshor:...Winds howl forth-howl forth,
hold back hold back-is the time- oh
endless time-slung in oblivion,
make minced meat of your prey.'
Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon.
The literary device used is

A. Parallelism
B. Irony
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Repetition

Question 244:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Those years of my travels. Years of innocence and experience...months of twidding my thumbs with insecurity in search of my true people. Yes in search of my true people. But wherever I went I did not find people but caricatures of people who insisted on being taken seriously as people Perhaps I was on the wrong planet.
In the wrong skin.
Dambudzo- Marechera, Black Sunlight.
The passage above expresses the state of mind of

A. An alienated man
B. An adventurer
C. A renegade soldir
D. A prisoner

Question 245:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'If I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already He 'll be as full of quarrel and offence As my young mistress' dog...' Shakespeare, Othello
From the statement above it can be inferred that the speaker is

A. Disobedient
B. Quarrelsome
C. Servile
D. Scheming