LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 356:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Will no one tell me what she sings
perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
for old, unhappy, far off things
And battles long ago.
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of today?
The lines above shows that the persona

A. So hates the words of the girl
B. Understands the girl's songs
C. Does not understand the girl's language
D. Is so much in love with the girl

Question 357:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Will no one tell me what she sings
perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
for old, unhappy, far off things
And battles long ago.
Or is it some more humble lay,
Familiar matter of today?
The lines above end in a literary device known as

A. Irony
B. Conceit
C. Transfered epithet
D. Rhetorical question

Question 358:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Oh incomprehensible God!
Shall my pilot be
My inborn stars to that
Final call to thee...
The literary device used in the first line is

A. Burlesque
B. Rhetoric
C. Passion
D. Apostrophe

Question 359:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
"Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus."
J. Donne:The Sun Rising
From the lines above, the poet sees the sun as

A. Illumination after darkness
B. An unnecessary evil
C. A necessary evil
D. A light provider

Question 360:

• JAMB 2013

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
The body perishes, the heart stays young.
The platter wears away with serving food.
No log retains its bark when old,
No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.
The theme of the poem above is

A. Non-peaceful nature of love
B. Diminishing nature of love
C. Permanence of love
D. Decaying nature of wood