Appreciation - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 96:

• JAMB 1982

In Oswald Mtshali's 'nightfall in Soweto', Night represents

A. The oppression of whites by the Africans
B. White people's fear by the Africans
C. The black victimization of white people
D. The oppression of the Africans by the white people
E. The rebelion of the white people

Question 97:

• JAMB 1982

Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale' is a romantic poem because

A. It depends a great deal on the poet's spontaneous response to beauty
B. It is a poem about love
C. Nightingale symbolizes love
D. It was addressed to one of Keats' friends called Nightingale
E. Keats first described the poem as a romantic poem.

Question 98:

• JAMB 1982

In Mine Boy Peter Abraham's is of the view that in South Africa

A. A black and white should live and develop separately
B. Racial harmony is desirable and possible
C. Black should never cooperate with white
D. Racial harmony is merewishful thinking
E. The conflict between black and white can never end.

Question 99:

• JAMB 1982

In ' Salute to the Elephant the line 'The elephant's head is his burden which he balances' suggests that

A. The elephant's head is so big that it does not allow the animal to move elegantly
B. The elephant has a big head yet it moves elegantly
C. The elephant's head is so big that it makes the animal look clumsy
D. The elephant's head is so big that it prevents the animal from moving from one part of the forest to the other
E. The elephant's head is like a big instrument for weighing

Question 100:

• JAMB 1983

In addition to describing scenes of an African village night, Senghor's poem, 'Nuit de Sine' makes a definite statement about

A. Black soldiers killed in Europe
B. Fishermen diving in the sea
C. Technological development in Africa
D. Population movement fron rural to urban centres
E. Communicating with dead ancestors.