POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 96:

• JAMB 1979

I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And i saw in your face
The road that i should take
In 'The Mesh' the poet 'lingered over the choice' because

A. He had quarelled with the lady
B. He is not yet sure of the lady's love
C. He is not yet sure of his love for the lady
D. The lady is not beautiful
E. The lady is too possesive

Question 97:

• JAMB 1979

In 'The Executioner's Dream',the first line 'I dream I saw an eye,a pretty eye' is

A. Ironical
B. Complimentary
C. Exclamatory
D. Rhetorical
E. Interrogatory

Question 98:

• JAMB 1979

In Birago Diop's 'Vanity',these two lines 'Sad complaining voices of beggars
Who indeed will hear them without laughter?'contain

A. An exaggeration
B. A hyperbole
C. A paradox
D. An understatement
E. An illogicallity

Question 99:

• JAMB 1979

In 'Telephone Conversation', the tone of the question 'You mean-like plain or milk chocolate? is

A. Sarcastic
B. Complimentary
C. Admissive
D. Pleading
E. Commanding

Question 100:

• JAMB 1979

In 'Night',Soyinka describes night as

A. Horrifying
B. Terrifying
C. Protective
D. Soothing
E. Both protective and terrifying