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

Question 106:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa : Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A selection of African Poetry and E.W.Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Browning's 'My Last Duchess', the Duke complains that his wife is

A. A snob
B. A coquette
C. A spendthrift
D. Disrespectful

Question 107:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Nightfall! Nightfall!
You are my mortal enemy'.
The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali's 'Nightfall inSoweto' is

A. An ode
B. Allusion
C. Apostrophe
D. Dramatic

Question 108:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The line 'under snakeskin shoes and Mercedes tyres' in Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth' is a good example of

A. Alliteration
B. Metonymy
C. Contrast
D. Similitude

Question 109:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'Hurrah for Thunder'by Christopher Okigbo could be regarded as a call to

A. Beware of the animals in the jungle
B. Beware of the effects of thunder
C. Condemn the destructive qualities of elephants
D. Be conscious and vigilant of man's abuse of power

Question 110:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa;Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; M. Umukoro and A Sani et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'My bottom raven black-one moment madam!- sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
The extract above from Wole Soyinka's
Telephone Conversation' shows the friction between

A. Madam and receiver
B. Tenant and telephone
C. Landlady and tenant
D. Receiver and thunderclap