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

Question 56:

• 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 confusion in the poet in D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Snake' arises from

A. Education and love
B. Fascination and fear
C. Anger and hospitability
D. Protest and regret

Question 57:

• 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 dominant mood in 'Ode to a Nightingale' is that of

A. Anxiety
B. Melancholy
C. Helplessness
D. Fury

Question 58:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'There where the need for good and ''the doing good'' conflict.'
In these two lines from Lenrie Peters' The Fence', the speaker says that

A. ''doing good'' is the opposite of the need for good
B. He cannot do good deeds
C. Action often conflicts with knowledge
D. He lies on the fence between good and evil

Question 59:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'... And the laughter or cannon, of thunder arraigns the multitude of wills in savage tutelage...'
In the context of these lines from Odia Ofeimun's
For Christopher Okigbo', misfortune was

A. Foressen
B. Predetermined
C. Anticipated
D. Unexpected

Question 60:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'...And your MP with a shining head and triple chin Will mourn your fate in a supplementary question at Question Time'.
These lines in the context of Richard Ntiru's 'The Pauper', portray the MP as being

A. Sympathetic
B. Sad
C. Indifferent
D. Hypocritical