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

Question 6:

• JAMB 1982

In Mine Boy, the dominant shebeen queen who is described as 'tall and big, with the smooth yellowness of the Basuto women...'is

A. Ma Plank
B. Leah
C. Eliza
D. Lena
E. Maisy.

Question 7:

• JAMB 1986

Much of the poetic effect of Birago Diop's 'Viaticum' is gained by the poet's use of

A. Repetition of symbolic references
B. Rhetorical questions
C. Exaggeration
D. Flowering language.

Question 8:

• JAMB 1986

The theme of Gabriel Okara's 'piano and Drums' is usually summed up in the phrase

A. Clash of cultures
B. Primal youth of the African
C. Beauty of the Concerto
D. The decay of African Civilization.

Question 9:

• JAMB 1987

Which of the following best describes the speakers attitude to mother Idoto in Okigbo's poem 'Idoto'?

A. Obsequious
B. Defiant
C. Arrogant
D. Submissive.

Question 10:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
'Night, and Abiku sucks the oil
From lamps'.

A. Abiku drinks oil
B. For Abiku, oil is water
C. While other babies suck the breast, Abiku sucks oil
D. The lamp is kept burning all night on account of Abiku