Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 271:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbol is known as

A. Characterization
B. Allegory
C. Metaphor
D. Parallelism

Question 272:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that
reproves my fault. But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.'
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of

A. Assonance
B. Metaphor
C. Litotes
D. Antonym

Question 273:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Why did Nnaife blame Nnu Ego for all his problems

A. Because his daughter slapped him
B. Because his daughter disobeyed him by travelling to abroad
C. Because his daughter disobeyed him by moving with prostitutes
D. Because his daughter ran away with a Yoruba man.

Question 274:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

Paternal aunt to Aaron and Maanan is

A. Fosuwa
B. Hannah
C. Mrs. Bonu
D. Adwao

Question 275:

• JAMB 2015

Plays are basically meant to be

A. Presented on stage
B. Presented in the aircraft
C. Presented in an office
D. Presented in the hospital