Jamb 2010 Literature Past Questions And Answers
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
Both comedy and tragedy have
- A. climax
- B. tragic hero
- C. stanza
- D. happy ending
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
use the quotation below to answer these two questions
'Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu
The person being addressed above is a
- A. stucent
- B. domestic servant
- C. lawyer
- D. soldier
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is
- A. eulogy
- B. anthology
- C. lampoon
- D. premiere
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In a narrative poem,the poet attempts to
- A. describe a place
- B. preach a sermon
- C. tell a story
- D. summarize a story
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
'O' serpent heart,hid with a flowering face!
the statement above refers to
Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince, Taking thy part,
hath rushed aside the law And turned that black word....'
The play is mostly written in
- A. Romeo
- B. Tybalt
- C. Benvolio
- D. Juliet
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the.
- A. subjective
- B. first-person
- C. third-person
- D. objective
This question is based on J.C De Graft Sons and Daughters.
'I simply don't understand what's the matter with everybody today. everybody let me down, and ......
Maanan expresses dislike for Lawyer B because of
- A. his recent advances towards her
- B. the betrayal of her father's trust
- C. the betrayal of his wife's trust
- D. his condemnation of her choice of career
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as
- A. circular
- B. episodic
- C. orgaanic
- D. open-ended
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
The poet persona in Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is willing to praise the ladies eyes for
- A. six decades
- B. two centuries
- C. a century
- D. thirty thousand years
This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
use the quotation below to answer these two questions
'Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this. You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu
From the tone of the speech above the speaker is obviously
- A. lackadaisical
- B. elated
- C. happy
- D. enraged