Jamb Literature in English 1986 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 1986

Which of the following statement is NOT true of the two 'Abiku' poems by J.P Clark and Wole Soyinka?

A. In each of the two poems, the voice of the Abiku is heard
B. While the tone of Clark's poem is conciliatory, that of Soyinka is defiant
C. It would appear that making body marks on the two Abiku has not served the customary purpose of stopping them from coming again
D. As the two poet portray them, Clark's Abiku can choose to stay or not to stay, but Soyinka's Abiku cannot.

Question 27:

• JAMB 1986

In the poem 'The Vultures', David Diop suggests that the Christians missionaries were agents of

A. Agrarian revolution
B. Baptism
C. Justics
D. Colonialism.

Question 28:

• JAMB 1986

'The Vultures built in the shadow of their talons
The blood-stained monument of tutelage.'
The image used in the above lines associates the civilizing missions with

A. Redemption from ignorance
B. Violence and oppression
C. Conversion from paganism
D. The building of beautiful edifices.

Question 29:

• JAMB 1986

Much of the poetic effect of Birago Diop's 'Viaticum' is gained by the poet's use of

A. Repetition of symbolic references
B. Rhetorical questions
C. Exaggeration
D. Flowering language.

Question 30:

• JAMB 1986

The gurgling drums
Echo the stars
The forest howls
And between the tress
The dark sun appears.
The dominant figure of speech in the above lines from Lenrie Peter's 'We Have Come Home' is

A. Synecdoche
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification.