Jamb Literature in English 2000 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.
The author's thematic concern is

A. The boy's assistance to the man
B. Life in a fishing community
C. The achievements of the old man
D. The ability to rise above defeat

Question 22:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Ernest Hemingway''s The Old Man the Sea.
The skeleton of the fish is brought by the shore to

A. Draw sympathy for the old man
B. Show the old man''s fruitless effort
C. Show that thje skeleton itself is useful
D. Mock the misadventure of the old man

Question 23:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'Hurrah for Thunder'by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to

A. Beware of the animals in the jungle
B. Beware of the effects of thunder
C. Condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
D. Be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power

Question 24:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'My bottom raven black-one moment madam!- sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
The extract above from Wole Soyinka's
Telephone Conversation' shows the friction between

A. Madam and receiver
B. Tenant and telephone
C. Landlady and tenant
D. Receiver and thunderclap

Question 25:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Wole Soyinka's Telephone Conversation, the dominant literary technique deployed is

A. Alliteration
B. Onomatopeia
C. Oxymoron
D. Simile