LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 351:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"The drums overwhelmed the guns..."
J.P Clark: Casualties
The poet in the excerpt above uses

A. Litotes
B. Symbolism
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

Question 352:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
....They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests..."
J.P. Clark:Casualties
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Synedoche
D. Metonym

Question 353:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
"Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent
I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's
Fluorescence, dance on the pulse
incessant.
Wole Soyinka:Night
The lines above suggests that women are

A. Dogmatic
B. Seers
C. Magicians
D. Covetous

Question 354:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
"Busy old fool
Unruly sun
Why dost thou thus
Through windows
And through curtains
Call on us?"
J. Donne: The Sun Rising
The excerpts above suggests

A. Welcoming the sun
B. Indictment of the sun
C. Praise of nature
D. Invitation to the sun

Question 355:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
"Busy old fool
Unruly sun
Why dost thou thus
Through windows
And through curtains
Call on us?"
J. Donne: The Sun Rising
The figure of speech involved in the lines above is

A. Epigram
B. Pun
C. Simile
D. Personification