Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 496:

• JAMB 1982

Wordsworth's 'The World is Too Much With Us' is a

A. Sonnet
B. Epic
C. Couplet
D. Quartrain
E. Tercet.

Question 497:

• JAMB 1982

'The Thane of Cawdor lives: why do you dress me in borrowed robes?
Macbeth is putting this question to

A. Banquo
B. The witches
C. Hid servant
D. Ross and Angus
E. Lady Macbeth.

Question 498:

• JAMB 1982

The grave procession in Soyinka''s ''procession l-Hanging day'' is meant to suggest in the entire poem

A. The people in the procession are going to the grave
B. The people are moving slowly in order to avoid the sunny spots
C. The people in the procession are solemn
D. The people in the procession are solemn and are going to the grave
E. The people walk soundlessly.

Question 499:

• JAMB 1982

The dominant attitude in T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the magi's is

A. Dissatisfaction
B. Total satisfaction
C. Ambivalence
D. Disgust
E. Pessimism.

Question 500:

• JAMB 1982

Gray's 'Elegy Written in a country churchyard' can be seen as

A. Total condemnation of human life
B. Lament for the death of the great and powerful
C. An attack on social inequality
D. A criticism of the poor and the unambitious
E. A recognition of the poor and simple life.