POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 101:

• JAMB 1979

Kontiki Expedition demonstrates human

A. Rashness
B. Wastefulness
C. Tactlessness
D. Courage
E. Recklessness

Question 102:

• JAMB 1979

Mtchali's 'Nightfall in Soweto'is about one of the following

A. Moonlight play at night
B. Disease that attacks the body
C. A man fighting against a dangerous animal
D. An animal attacking a helpless man
E. A wicked man opressing a helpless man

Question 103:

• JAMB 1979

Peter Abraham's Mine Boy is about one of the following

A. Opression through labour
B. The dignity of labour
C. Happy childhood
D. Conflict of the culture
E. None of the above

Question 104:

• JAMB 1979

In a 'Portrait', a poet writes:
At mankind's feast,i take my place
In solemn,sanctimonious state,
And have the air of saying grace
While i defile the dinner plate.
The tone of this passage may be described as

A. Solemn
B. Self-mocking
C. Dead earnest
D. Serious
E. Angry

Question 105:

• JAMB 1979

The woods decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapors weep their burden to the ground,
Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,
And after many a summer dies the swan.
The theme of these lines is

A. The falling of leaves
B. The ground on which the leaves fall
C. Man as a farmer
D. The power of death over every life
E. The flight of birds in certain reasons