Jamb Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2016
Question 31
One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is
- A. education
- B. slavery
- C. colonisation
- D. corruption
Question 32
'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.
When that which drew from out the boundless deep. Turns again home.'
The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above from Tennyson's crossing the Bar is
- A. abac
- B. abba
- C. abab
- D. abcb
Question 33
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.
'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is
- A. auditory
- B. gustatory
- C. tactile
- D. visual
Question 34
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
- A. pathos
- B. parody
- C. pyrrhic
- D. props
Question 35
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An art that is both literary and theatrical is
- A. a prose
- B. a poem
- C. drama
- D. prosody
