Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 636:

• JAMB 1984

Which of the following novels was written by a Nigerian?

A. The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
B. Weep Not Child
C. Mine Boy
D. A Man Of The People
E. Mission to Kala.

Question 637:

• JAMB 1984

'Contrition twines me like a snake
Each time i come upon the wake
Of your clan,...'
In this passage 'contrition' is

A. Personified
B. Satirized
C. Exaggerated
D. Modified
E. Emphasized

Question 638:

• JAMB 1984

'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours...'
The description of the town in this passage suggests

A. Peaceful co-existence
B. Lack of progress
C. Warmth and friendliness
D. Organized living
E. Monotony

Question 639:

• JAMB 1984

'There was a time when meadow, grove and stream,
The earth and every common sight
To me did seem
Appareled in celestial light
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore:
Turn wheresoever i may,
By night or day
The things which have seen i now can see no more.'
The mood captured in this passage is one of

A. Nostalgia
B. Despair
C. Confidence
D. Hope
E. Joy

Question 640:

• JAMB 1984

'Political languages is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure minds.'
The writer here suggesting that political language is

A. Convincing
B. Deceptive
C. Interesting
D. Destructive
E. Commendable.