LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 361:

• 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.
From the poem above, "No lover peaceful while the rival weeps" means that

A. The pain of one lover is felt by the other
B. There is no permanent love
C. There is true and permanent love
D. The two lovers weep together

Question 362:

• JAMB 2014

He put himself in uniform, made one for
his five-year-old son, and marched with
the infant from dawn till noon every
market day, on the main road singing
'Kayiwawa beturi...
The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

A. A soldier
B. Abnormal
C. Energetic
D. A policeman

Question 363:

• JAMB 2014

And when you trudge on one horny Pads Gullied
like the soles of modern shoes Pads that even
jiggers cannot conquer
Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

A. Sole of a pauper
B. Sole of a soldier
C. Policeman
D. Madman

Question 364:

• JAMB 2014

"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'
P.B. Shelley:Sonnet
The stanza above is an example of a

A. Couplet
B. Sestet
C. Quatrain
D. Sonnet

Question 365:

• JAMB 2014

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'
Mbure:To a Bed-Bug
The lines above are an example of a

A. Light verse
B. Light opera
C. Limerick
D. Lampoon