📖 2017

JAMB Literature in English 2017 past questions

37 questions from the 2017 JAMB UTME Literature in English paper. Free, with answers where available.

Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q1 ✓ Answer: C
Aloho perceives her pregnancy as a form of
A
reward
B
blessing
C
punishment
D
injustice
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q2 ✓ Answer: C
The play can be referred to as
A
dramatic irony
B
allegory
C
fable
D
satire
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q3 ✓ Answer: D
According to Ochuole, government job is
A
a waste of time
B
time consuming
C
good for hardworking youths
D
an avenue to personalize public fund
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q5 ✓ Answer: C
Aloch is warned about associating with Ochuole be-cause the latter is
A
too sophisticated
B
proud
C
mischievous
D
born-again Question 6 to 10 are based on William Shakespeare's Othello.
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q6 ✓ Answer: A
She is abused, stol'n from me and corrupted By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks; . The excerpt above refers to
A
Brabantio's suspicion
B
lago's distrust of Emilia
C
Othello's suspicion [PAGE 56]
D
Cassio's disaffection for lago
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q7 ✓ Answer: D
The play is first staged at
A
Liverpool stadium
B
Manchester stadium
C
Whitehall palace London
D
London Threatre
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q8 ✓ Answer: A
`All's One-Good faith, how foolish are our minds! If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me. In one of those same sheets.' The plea in the excerpt above is made by
A
Desdemona to Emilia
B
Othello to lago
C
Lago to Emilia
D
Cassio to Bianca
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q9 ✓ Answer: A
„Let him do his spite; My services which I have done the signiory Shall out-tongue his complaints.'Tis yet to know Which, when I know that boasting is an honour,' The speaker in the excerpt above is
A
Brabantio
B
Othello
C
Cassio
D
Lago
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q10 ✓ Answer: A
„O heaven; How got she out? O treason of the blood Father, from hence trust not your daughter‟s minds By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused? The speaker of the excerpt above is
A
Brabantio
B
Othello
C
Gratiano
D
Roderigo Question 11 to 13 are based on Amma Darko's Faceless.
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q11 ✓ Answer: B
Sodom and Gomorrah used in the novel is an example of [PAGE 57]
A
mixed metaphor
B
allusion
C
synecdoche
D
euphemism
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q12 ✓ Answer: B
The novel focuses on
A
stubborn children
B
negligent parents
C
greedy politicians
D
peer group influence
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q13 ✓ Answer: C
Fofo chooses to spend the night in front of the provision store because
A
it is a Sunday
B
she is ill
C
she does not want to risk losing her job
D
she has nowhere to go 1 Question 14 to 16 are based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q14 ✓ Answer: C
Labankada signifies
A
wealth and peace
B
wealth and life
C
wealth and prosperity
D
wealth and protection
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q15 ✓ Answer: C
The women of kufi are powerful
A
singers
B
farmers
C
traders
D
widows
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q16 ✓ Answer: D
The windows in the land are joined by the loss of
A
love
B
family
C
fame and wealth
D
dignity and status Question 17 to 20 are based on Richard Wright's Native Son
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q17 ✓ Answer: C
'Light flooded the room and revealed a black boy standing in a narrow space between two' The style of the lines above is
A
narrative
B
dramatic
C
descriptive
D
expository
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q18 ✓ Answer: A
Bigger kills Mary due to
A
fear
B
envy
C
hatred
D
distrust
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q19 ✓ Answer: B
Weekly, Bigger is to be paid
A
twenty dollars
B
twenty-five dollars
C
thirty dollars
D
thirty-five dollars
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q20 ✓ Answer: B
Mr Dalton is of the opinion that Negroes are happier when they are
A
together
B
servants in the white family
C
educated
D
given some respect Question 21 to 30 are based on Selected Poems from Johnson, Ret al(eds): New poetry from Vincent, T.(eds): A selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J African Verse. Morris'
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q21 ✓ Answer: A
The Proud King is
A
didactic
B
pastoral
C
traditional
D
lyrical
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q22 ✓ Answer: C
Mystic rhythm in the third line of the first stanza of Okara's Piano and Drums
A
express mood
B
provides music
C
carries a definite message
D
are for pleasurable dancing [PAGE 58]
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q23 ✓ Answer: B
The line above in Adeoti's Ambush is an example of
A
pun
B
alliteration
C
metaphor
D
simile
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q24 ✓ Answer: C
The mood of the person in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is that
A
pain
B
frustration
C
hope
D
love
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q25 ✓ Answer: A
Having a glass of blessings standing by,' The line above from Herbert's The Pulley is an example of
A
synecdoche
B
personification
C
hyperbole
D
simile
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q26 ✓ Answer: A
Peter's the Panic of Growing Older can be referred to as
A
metaphysical
B
philosophical
C
satirical
D
metaphorical
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q27 ✓ Answer: B
One vivid device in Blake‟s The School Boy is
A
oxymoron
B
rhetorical question
C
ironical statement
D
metaphor
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q28 ✓ Answer: A
„… and my boots have suddenly become too reluctant to walk me.‟ The persona in the above excerpt in Hallowell's The Dining Table is
A
exhausted
B
excited
C
indifferent
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q29 ✓ Answer: A
The tone of Diopo‟s Vanity is one of
A
anger
B
pity
C
joy
D
scorn
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q30 ✓ Answer: A
Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer presents a picture of the
A
past and present
B
past and future
C
future
D
olden days Question 31 to 40 are based on General Literacy Principles
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q31 ✓ Answer: B
Totality of the effects produced on a reader of a literary work is
A
tone
B
mood
C
plot
D
diction
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q32 ✓ Answer: B
An art form in which singers and musicians performs dramatic work combining text and music is
A
concert
B
opera
C
theatre
D
pantomime
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q33 ✓ Answer: B
In literature, local colour is
A
universal
B
restricted
C
only English
D
only American 34.A clue to an event that will happen later in a work of art is
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q36 ✓ Answer: B
„I am on the world's extreme corner.' Kofi Awoonor: Song of Sorrow. The speaker in the lines move is
A
indifferent
B
sad
C
angry
D
in pain
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q37 ✓ Answer: B
Then I sat myself quiet... for five And forty turbulent years I waited, sapped, famished, For love to wake from her sickly slumber; The figure of speech in the last line above is
A
assonance
B
personification
C
metaphor
D
oxymoron
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q38 ✓ Answer: A
We have rain but hate to plant We have the heat and the glory of the rainbow But we kill our own suns with hurtful glee The poet's feeling call be described as that of
A
disappointment
B
indifference
C
anxiety
D
joy
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q39 ✓ Answer: A
When I remember by gone days I think how evening follow morning So many I loved were not yet dead, So may I love not yet born The period of life the poet has arrived at is
A
middle age
B
adolescence
C
old age
D
early childhood
Literature in English JAMB 2017 Q40 ✓ Answer: A
„Behold her, single in the field You solitary Highland Lass‟ Reaping and singing by herself O listen! for the value profound Is overflowing with the sound.‟ Words worth: The Solitary Reaper The lines above constitute
A
an apostrophe
B
an aside
C
an interior monologue
D
soliloquy [PAGE 60] ANSWER KEYS