Jamb Literature in English 1990 Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'...Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.'
The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Streamside
Exchange' depict the

A. Variation of season
B. Changing periods of marketing
C. Constancy of nature
D. Importance of living

Question 12:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
Gabriel Okara presents the Black in relation to the child-Front in his poem 'The Fisherman's invocation as a source of

A. Inspiration
B. Destruction
C. Anxiety
D. Uncertainty

Question 13:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'When our Dead come with their Dead
When they have spoken to us with their clumsy voices...'
These lines from Birago Diop's poem. 'Vanity', refer to

A. The way in which the dead communicate with us
B. The clash of cultures in modern civilization
C. The elders' lack of sophistication
D. Our inability to understand our ancestors

Question 14:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
The words 'naked' and 'barefoot' as used in Christopher Okigbo's 'The Passage' suggest

A. Affluence
B. Primitivity
C. Penury
D. Reverence

Question 15:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
Theo Luzuka's 'The Motoka' is cast in the mould of

A. A dirge
B. A gossip
C. An epistle
D. A ditty