Jamb 2022 Literature Past Questions And Answers

Note: You Can Select Post UTME Schools Name Below The Exam Year.
1

I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands. The above lines is an example of a

  • A. Apostrophe
  • B. Alliteration
  • C. Repetition
  • D. Assonance
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
2

Chanson is a term denoting a

  • A. popular Korean verse
  • B. Song from the middle Ages
  • C. Form of love song
  • D. poem of Varied Metrical forms
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
3

If we describe Kossoh Town Boy as an autobiography, we mean that it is

  • A. a historical novel
  • B. a piece of writing telling us about the Life of its author
  • C. a short story
  • D. a narrative tale
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
4

'The fair breeze blew

The white foam flew

The furrow followed free

We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.'

The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

  • A. repetition
  • B. alliteration
  • C. paradox
  • D. rhyme scheme
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
5

The plot of a novel is best described as

  • A. the bare outline of the story arranged in logical order
  • B. the story in all its details C. the story grossly elaborated
  • D. a summary of the story
  • D. a summary of the story
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
6

A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is

  • A. anti-climax
  • B. interlude
  • C. flashback
  • D. foreshadowing
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
7

A dramatic type directed against an individual or a private institute with the intent to severely ridicule is called

  • A. lampoon
  • B. caricature
  • C. burlesque
  • D. satire
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
8

One of the following terms applies to the discussion of both tragedy and comedy

  • A. climax
  • B. happy ending
  • C. tragic hero
  • D. alliteration
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
9

Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

  • A. Poetry
  • B. Prose
  • C. Aroma
  • D. Drama
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022
10

The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is

  • A. a constitutional provision
  • B. a copyright
  • C. an authority to write
  • D. an author's right
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022