POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 151:

• JAMB 1984

'Nkosi Sikekela' in Brutus' 'After Exile', refers to a

A. General in the Zulu army
B. Zulu song used as national anthem by Africans south of Zanbezi
C. Soldier in the Zulu army
D. Zulu poem
E. Zulu poet

Question 152:

• JAMB 1984

The speaker in 'When a Strainer Takes in Water invokes a series of natural impossibilities in order to

A. To display bhis magical powers as a traditional priest
B. Show the poetic beauty of incantatory songs
C. Show the marvel about natural objects
D. Practise witchcraft on his enemies
E. Psychologically and magically disarm his enemies.

Question 153:

• JAMB 1984

'We sang the song before in the thousand seasons of good harvest and full fish following our fathers' footprints on the long shores.'
The most obvious sound device in these lines from Kofi Awoonor's 'More messenger' is

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Repetition
C. Assonance
D. Alliteration
E. Consonance

Question 154:

• JAMB 1984

In the poem 'Night Soyinka considers nightfall as

A. Welcome and totally pleasant
B. Unwelcome and unpleasant
C. Dangerous and uninviting
D. Seductive and threatening
E. Beautiful and wholesome.

Question 155:

• JAMB 1984

In the poem 'Night Soyinka considers nightfall as

A. Welcome and totally pleasant
B. Unwelcome and unpleasant
C. Dangerous and uninviting
D. Seductive and threatening
E. Beautiful and wholesome.