LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 96:

• JAMB 1984

'Clothes were like tattered flags
Flying off
To expose dangling breasts
As jaggered blinding flashes
Rumble, tremble, and crack
Amidst the smell of fired smoke
And the pelting march of the storm'
The general atmosphere portrayed in the above passage is one of

A. Peace and quiet
B. Contentment and calm
C. Anger and anxiety
D. Commotion and confusion
E. Poverty and want

Question 97:

• JAMB 1984

Which of the following was not written by Wole Soyinka?

A. The interpreters
B. The Lion and the jewel
C. The Trials of Brother Jero
D. Kongi's Harvest
E. The Strong Breed.

Question 98:

• JAMB 1984

Which of the following novels was written by a Nigerian?

A. The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born
B. Weep Not Child
C. Mine Boy
D. A Man Of The People
E. Mission to Kala.

Question 99:

• JAMB 1984

'Contrition twines me like a snake
Each time i come upon the wake
Of your clan,...'
In this passage 'contrition' is

A. Personified
B. Satirized
C. Exaggerated
D. Modified
E. Emphasized

Question 100:

• JAMB 1984

'It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours...'
The description of the town in this passage suggests

A. Peaceful co-existence
B. Lack of progress
C. Warmth and friendliness
D. Organized living
E. Monotony