Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 291:

• JAMB 2015

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


Nnaife and Nnu Ego Second Child but the first to live is

A. Adim
B. Ngozi
C. Oshia
D. Adaku

Question 292:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on William Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.
'.... So tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival
To an important child that hath them.

new robes and may not wear.

The literary device used in the excerpt is

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Oxymoron
D. Apostrophe

Question 293:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary genre which directly imitates human action is

A. Drama
B. Comedy
C. Prose
D. Poetry

Question 294:

• 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

In Houseman's To an Athlete Dying Young, the persona addresses the dead athlete using

A. Monologue
B. Dialogue
C. Apostrophe
D. Prologue

Question 295:

• JAMB 1978

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because

A. It is full of noblemen and ladies
B. It is set in Verona
C. It ends unhappily
D. Juliet is only fourteen years old
E. It has five acts