POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 111:

• JAMB 1980

The feeding in the poem 'Nightfall in soweto' is one of

A. Gratitude
B. Love
C. Hate
D. Joy
E. Safety

Question 112:

• JAMB 1980

'She came in silken Drapes' is about the

A. Virtures of love
B. Killing of a coral snake
C. Danger of false love
D. Beautiful butterfly
E. Sleeping leopards.

Question 113:

• JAMB 1980

In 'The Sea Eats Our Land' the word 'sea' symbolizes

A. Flood
B. Ancestor
C. Modernity
D. Sacrifise
E. Golden girl

Question 114:

• JAMB 1980

The subject matter of 'A Troubadour|Traverse'is

A. Suffering and oppression
B. Laughter and happiness
C. Singing and merry making
D. Love for a woman
E. Long journey

Question 115:

• JAMB 1980

'Comes this season of the cassia flower,
And pent passion peers through the bower,
Comes the season, and all labour is fallen
All earthen pitches as china broken'
The rhyme scheme in this passageb from kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth' is

A. Alternative rhymes
B. Triplets
C. Couplets
D. Free verse
E. Blank verse