Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 306:

• JAMB 1978

In 'The Flight to Australia' the following line occurs:'Tier upon tier it towered,the terrible Apennines' The figure of speech used in this line is known as

A. Alliteration
B. Litotes
C. Exaggeration
D. Parody
E. Metonym

Question 307:

• JAMB 1978

If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography,we mean that it is

A. A historical novel
B. A piece of writing telling us about the life of its author
C. A short story
D. A narrative tale
E. A book well written

Question 308:

• JAMB 1978

You cannot know
And should not bother;
Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.
In this verse the poet uses

A. Alternate rhymes
B. Monorhyme
C. Couplets
D. Triplets
E. Blank verses

Question 309:

• JAMB 1978

The Comstocks belonged to the most dismal of all classes,the middle-middle class,the landless gentry.In their miserable poverty they had not even the snobbish consolation of regarding themselves as an 'old' family fallen on evil days.....This writer's tone is

A. Melancholic
B. Matter-of-fact
C. Bitterly humorous
D. Sympathetic
E. Sad

Question 310:

• JAMB 1978

Another shoal of cars swam past.One in particular caught his eye,a long slender thing,elegant as a swallow,all gleaming blue and silver,a thousand guineas it would have cost,he tought.
In the first sentence,cars are described in terms of

A. Birds
B. Ants
C. Fish
D. Lamp-posts
E. Pretty girls