LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 256:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation'And so Tom awake and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags and our brushes to work
Though the morning was cold. Tom was happy and warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'
In the lines above. Tom is warm because he

A. Has just woken from sleep
B. Is doing his duty
C. Is wearing warm clothes
D. Is working indoors

Question 257:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation 'James started showing interest in Buchi a long time ago. In playing the hunter, he realised that he needed a bait.
This turned out to be his frequent offer of assistance to the needy young woman. But Buchi has proved to be a difficult game.
The more James trailed her the more he realised that she could not be easily caught.'The choice of words in the passage above is remarkable because it is

A. Largely confusing
B. Very difficult
C. Quite appropriate
D. Drawn from hunting

Question 258:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation
'' To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.''
William Blake, To Sea a World in a Grain of Sand
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is

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

Question 259:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on the Literary Appreciation'The gloom will give way to light
And the thorny path cleared of pain
The storms will bow to the prompting of peace
Lost moments of glory will be restored
And strangled opportunities reborn
We shall yet regain the dawn
The suggestion that runs through the short poem above is that of

A. Anxiety and worry
B. Anticipation of positive change
C. Sorrow and dejection
D. Fear of change

Question 260:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation'Everywhere now, freedom is on the loose And in its name, men and women slaughter One another with terrible abandon Carnage has become the means of Setting simple scores with our friends'
Okinba Launko: Pain Remembers, Love Rekindles
The dominant rhetorical device in the poem above is

A. Innuendo
B. Assonance
C. Oxymoron
D. Limerick