Jamb Literature in English 2001 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Oswald Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto', night

A. Drives man's enemy
B. Fools man's enemy
C. Hides man's enemy
D. Aids man's enemy

Question 47:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way;
And leaves the world to darkness and to me .
In the lines above from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', the imagery is

A. Of an approaching night in a rustic setting
B. About a village under a curfew one night
C. Of an approaching death in a village
D. Of a man abandoned in his homeward journey

Question 48:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Oswald Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto', night

A. Drives man's enemy
B. Fools man's enemy
C. Hides man's enemy
D. Aids man's enemy

Question 49:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.The diction of the play can be described as

A. Political and rhetorical
B. Arrogant and condemnatory
C. Urgent but apolitical
D. Poetic but difficult

Question 50:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Careened,
These oily tears
Dripping down the tears on your depressed face,
Will one day be staunched,
I swear!Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears
The tone of the poet is

A. Optimistic
B. Supplicatory
C. Sympathetic
D. Piteous