Jamb Literature in English 2009 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood''look at me jubilant for being given another opportunity to live longer, and see this foolish woman eager to end her own life when her maker is not yet ready for her...''The opportunity referred to in the extract above is

A. The misunderstanding between Nnaife and his wife
B. Narrowly escaping being knocked down
C. The driver's encounter with Nnu Ego
D. Ominous visit of Agunwa

Question 22:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked SolesThorn in Adeotiu's Naked Soles symbolizes

A. Victory
B. Bleakness
C. Destruction
D. Suffering

Question 23:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles'Pregnant cloudsRide Safely on its back'pregnant clouds in Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm implies

A. Uncertainty
B. Calmness
C. Disbelief
D. Fertility

Question 24:

• JAMB 2009

The phrase the sunset in Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation refers to

A. Old age
B. Patience
C. Caution
D. Critical need

Question 25:

• JAMB 2009

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles'The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow's anguish.'The widow in the lines above in Launko's End of the War is in anguish because of the

A. Confirmation of her husband's death
B. Uncertainty over husband returning alive
C. Delay in the husband's return from the battlefield
D. Death of all the soldiers in the battlefield