LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 286:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary Principles
''She wanted to spit herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go You known I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this, ...'she slapped the Samson and Deliah.'''
Festus lyayi: Violence
In the passage above, the speaker can described as

A. Domineering
B. Tyreacherous
C. Friendly
D. Hungry

Question 287:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary Principles'Mr. Beckley exploded: I do not come here to ask for a school report on my son. Did you or or did you not savagely attack the child, knowing fully well that his health is most delicate at best of times?
Wole Soyinka: Isara: A Voyage Around Essay
In the excerpt above, Mr. Beckley is trying to

A. Put the addressee on the defensive
B. Show off to listener
C. Provike a fight
D. Find out the truth from the addresee

Question 288:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Literary PrinciplesWhere has my love blow his horn?
The tune of his horn is well-known
Young men of my clan
Have you heard the horn of my love?
Okot P'Bitek: Horn of My Love
The overriding feeling of the persona in this extract is

A. Anxiety
B. Certainty
C. Frustration
D. Joy

Question 289:

• JAMB 2006

This question is based on Literary Appreciation 'He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones time never shirking and never volunteering for extra either'.
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Form the passage above, the character being described is

A. Enthusiastic
B. Altruistic
C. Cynical
D. Lazy

Question 290:

• JAMB 2006

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
The hunter dies and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies and leaves his poverty to his anvil..
The extract above is an example of

A. Elegy
B. Ballad
C. Epic
D. Eulogy