POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 91:

• JAMB 1979

In 'The Duel' the line 'And the swords clicked and scrapped,and the onsets sped' indicates

A. The depth of their fatique
B. The loftiness of their hopes
C. The abjectness of their fears
D. The fervour of their prayers
E. The fierceness of the fight

Question 92:

• JAMB 1979

'The Sacrilege' ends on a note of the complexity of

A. Revenge
B. Ambition
C. Faith
D. Fate
E. Existence

Question 93:

• JAMB 1979

'The Choir master's Burial' shows man

A. Gratitude
B. Ingratitude
C. Devotion
D. Spineless
E. Courage

Question 94:

• JAMB 1979

In 'Wild Grapes' the narrator says 'You see me celebrate two birthdays,And give myself out as two different ages because

A. She is reincarnated
B. She has first declared a false age
C. The incident of the poem begins a new chapter in her life
D. The grapes are wilder than herself
E. The grapes are older than herself

Question 95:

• JAMB 1979

'Strange Meeting' reveals the absurdity of

A. Cowardice
B. Love
C. Hatred
D. War
E. Friendship