Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 856:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The lesson learnt from 'The Fulani Creation Story' is that Doondari cannot tolerate

A. Man
B. Blindness
C. Sleep
D. Pride

Question 857:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
J.P Clak's 'Streamside Exchange, depicts an interplay of

A. Anxiety and passion
B. Anxiety and ignorance
C. Excitement and passion
D. Ignorance and wisdom

Question 858:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'...Horrors were flowers then the bright red bougainvilla'.
The above lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Executioner's Dream' depict the executioner's

A. Attractiveness
B. Beauty consciousness
C. Gentleness
D. Callousness

Question 859:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'...and we learn to sing half familiar half strange songs
we learn to dance to half familiar half strange rhythms...'

A. Destruction is present in almost every action
B. Nature is the sole destructive force
C. Animals are the sole destructive force
D. Birds are the sole destruction force

Question 860:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
Nwaka's hostility to Ezeulu is attributable to

A. His great wealth and sense of importance
B. The rivalry between Umuneora and Umuachala
C. The instigation of Ezidemili
D. His jealousy of Ezeulu's mysterious powers