Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose, and Poetry - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'Withering, burn, ghost, a scatter, dusty, half-bare
The above combination of words from Kwesi Brew's
'The Dry Season' thematically suggests

A. Destruction
B. Confusion
C. Desolation
D. Death

Question 47:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The technique Kwesi Brew employs to portray the nightmarish image in his poem 'The Executioner's Dream' is the description of the

A. Childhood fun
B. Only set in a crown of thorns
C. Gory details
D. Wicked sappor

Question 48:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In the poem 'The Prodigals' the line 'their heads are claimed by clouds' means that the military leaders

A. Travel a lot by air
B. Are haughty
C. Love sunny weather
D. Dislike clouds

Question 49:

• JAMB 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In his reaction to his friend's death, the mood of the poet, in 'For CHristopher Okigbo' is that of

A. Shock
B. Disbelief
C. Acceptance
D. Grief

Question 50:

• JAMB 1992

This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The persona in the poem 'To the Soldier Hero' by Mazisi Kunene is portrayed as being

A. Blood thirsty
B. Brave
C. Humane
D. Fearful, yet patriotic