Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 756:

• JAMB 1987

''But it is not the time
To lay wreaths
For yesterdays crimes...''
Lenrie Peters in his poem, We Have Come Home'' makes this statement because

A. The future is unpredictatble
B. Past sufferings are best forgotten
C. There is no point crying over spilled milk
D. Mourning can be posponed

Question 757:

• JAMB 1987

At the end of the poem 'pianos and Drums', the protagonist is best described as

A. An authentic African
B. A cultural mulatto
C. Sophisticated African
D. A cultured youth

Question 758:

• JAMB 1987

In J.P Clark's 'Olokun', the line 'No greater love has a woman' signifies

A. Unrequired love
B. Mutual love
C. Impossible love
D. Erotic love

Question 759:

• JAMB 1987

In J.P Clark's Olokun', the line
'So drunken like ancient walls'
means that the worshipers are drunken with

A. Wine served at Olokun's altar
B. Sacred water since Olokun rules the sea
C. Bounties to be bestowned by Olokun
D. Intense awe of Olokun

Question 760:

• JAMB 1987

'I shall sleep under the roof of other heads of hair in shelter from storms'.
In Leopold Senghor's poem 'Long long you have held between your hands', the word 'storms' in the above line refers to

A. Sea storms
B. Rain storms
C. Storming raids by the racist police
D. Storms of passion.