Jamb Literature in English 1989 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower.'
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind',....
'Ode- Intimations of Immorality
by William Worthsworth
The above lines convey a sense of

A. Dejection
B. Uneasy acceptance
C. Deep distress
D. Nostalgia

Question 42:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'There is something new, for example, about my hands, a certain way of picking up my pipe or my fork. Or else it is the fork which now has a certain way of getting itself picked up, I don't know. Just now, when I was on the point of coming into my room, I stooped short because I felt in my hand a cold object which attracted my attention by means of a sort of personality. I opened my hand and looked I was simply holding the door knob' Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre
The style of writing in the passage can be described as

A. Introspective
B. Confused
C. Confrontational
D. Passive

Question 43:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'He taught history classes in the room next to hers.
He was quiet, clean and sincere. They could talk together and were friends long before she felt toleration for his personal habits that she identified as love . He was a dreamy unambitious person...who walked over the earth unhurriedly, as conscious of every step and print his footsteps would leave in the dirt'. Meridian by Alice Walker
The person described in the passage is

A. A lackadaisical person
B. Unsaver
C. Uninteresting
D. A finicky individual

Question 44:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'We have come to the crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take',
'The Mesh' by Kwesi Brew
The poem ends on a note of

A. Indecision
B. Despair
C. Hope
D. Determination

Question 45:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
Which of the following characters fight against vague idealism in life?

A. Major Petkoff
B. Captain Bluntschli
C. Catherine
D. Raina