Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 276:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


The imagery created in the excerpt below is achieved through
'........They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests.......'
_ _ J.P. -Clark: Casualties

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Synecdoche
D. Antonym

Question 277:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The figure of speech in the line below from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is 'We would be believing we dreamt it'

A. Assonance
B. Antithesis
C. Apostrophe
D. Alliteration

Question 278:

• JAMB 2015

Use the passage below to answer this question.

'But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains
heaved horribly, and the work of million years was lost'.

The subject matter of the passage is

A. Earthquake
B. Demolition
C. Flood
D. Storm

Question 279:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The theme of Cope's sonnet V11 is

A. Adventure
B. Isolation
C. Contempt for literature
D. Art of poetry

Question 280:

• JAMB 2015

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

Where does the play take place?

A. In George's place
B. In Ofosu's place
C. On the street
D. On the stage