10 questions from the JAMB 2017 Literature paper, with answers and explanations. Tap "Show answer" under each one when you are ready.
JAMB 2017Question 1 · Drama Set Texts
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption "Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..." The speaker in the excerpt above is
A.Aloho
B.Ogeyi
C.Odili
D.Ochuole
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Answer: C. Odili
Odili speaks these lines about manipulating and profiting from the corrupt scheme.
JAMB 2017Question 2 · Drama Set Texts
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption It can be deduced from the play that
A.drug pushing is lucrative
B.no crime will go unpunished
C.the wealthy also cry
D.people will always complain
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Answer: B. no crime will go unpunished
The play's resolution suggests that no crime, however well-connected the perpetrator, will ultimately go unpunished.
JAMB 2017Question 3 · Drama Set Texts
This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption The play portrays the judiciary as
A.unserious and lenient
B.consistent and just
C.corrupt and weak
D.patronising and self-righteous
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Answer: C. corrupt and weak
The play portrays the judiciary as corrupt and weak, easily bent by bribery and influence.
JAMB 2017Question 4 · General Literary Principles
This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations. A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______?
A.elegy
B.epic
C.dirge
D.sonnet
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Answer: C. dirge
A dirge is a poem/song specifically expressing grief on the occasion of someone's death.
JAMB 2017Question 5 · General Literary Principles
This question is based on General Literacy Principles An example of a narrative poem is ________?
A.elegy
B.epic
C.dirge
D.sonnet
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Answer: B. epic
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem recounting heroic deeds.
JAMB 2017Question 6 · Literary Appreciation
This question is based on General Literacy Principles At the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________?
A.metaphor and paradox
B.simile and metaphor
C.simile and personification
D.paradox and simile
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Answer: C. simile and personification
'As if they were balloons' is a simile, and 'his eyes spoke' is personification.
JAMB 2017Question 7 · Poetry Set Texts
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse. One of the thematic preoccupations of Awonoor's The Anvil and the Hammer is
A.clash of cultures
B.revival of colonalism
C.the changing face of colonial masters
D.the good attributes of colonalism
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Answer: A. clash of cultures
A clash of cultures (African tradition versus colonial/Western influence) is a key theme of Awoonor's poem.
JAMB 2017Question 8 · Poetry Set Texts
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse. ... goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast' The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is
A.metonymy
B.personification
C.oxymoron
D.irony
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Answer: B. personification
Personifying 'weariness' as something that can toss the sinner to God's breast is the device used.
JAMB 2017Question 9 · Prose Set Texts
This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless The dominant tone of the novel is one of
A.bitterness
B.hope
C.fear
D.joy
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Answer: A. bitterness
Bitterness is the dominant tone running through Faceless.
JAMB 2017Question 10 · Prose Set Texts
This question is based on Literary Appreciation “ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world ” Anne Frank The Diary of a young Girl The writer of the passage above is ________?
A.assertive
B.retrogressive
C.optimistic
D.antagonistic
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Answer: C. optimistic
Anne Frank's hopeful reflection on improving the world reveals an optimistic outlook.
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