Jamb Literature in English 2004 Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.
In John Donne's Death, be not Proud, the poet believes that death is

A. Immortal
B. Mighty
C. Pleasurable
D. Dreaful

Question 12:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation'Everywhere now, freedom is on the loose And in its name, men and women slaughter One another with terrible abandon Carnage has become the means of Setting simple scores with our friends'
Okinba Launko: Pain Remembers, Love Rekindles
The dominant rhetorical device in the poem above is

A. Innuendo
B. Assonance
C. Oxymoron
D. Limerick

Question 13:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
This thing you are doing is too heavy for you' he said . I went to school only a little, but I have killed many many more years in this world than you have,'
Gabriel Okara: The Voice
it can be inferred from the passage above that the

A. Listener is a porter
B. Listener is wise
C. Speaker is a murderer
D. Speaker is more experienced

Question 14:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary AppreciationThe guilty are too well-fed to pass through the needle's eye of our scorn the noose of public contempt hangs idle at the market place'
Odia Ofeimun: The Poet Lied and other poems The allusion in the excerpt above is

A. Mythical
B. Biblical
C. Historical
D. Classical

Question 15:

• JAMB 2004

This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy.
My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your master a blue-eyed faithful look.
My poor brother in immaculate evening dress
Screaming and whispering and pleading in the parlours of condescension'.
Diop: The Renegade
The poet's attitude here is

A. Paradoxical
B. Envious
C. Ironical
D. Sarcastic