Appreciation - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 156:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
John Keats' 'Old on a Grecian Urn' expresses the idea that

A. The Grecian Urn is ancient
B. The Grecian Urn is mysterious
C. Every work of art is beautiful
D. Life is long, art is longer

Question 157:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Oswald Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto', night

A. Drives man's enemy
B. Fools man's enemy
C. Hides man's enemy
D. Aids man's enemy

Question 158:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way;
And leaves the world to darkness and to me .
In the lines above from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', the imagery is

A. Of an approaching night in a rustic setting
B. About a village under a curfew one night
C. Of an approaching death in a village
D. Of a man abandoned in his homeward journey

Question 159:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker, et al (ed.): New poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): poems 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: E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer poems and D.I. Nwoga (ed.): West African Verse.
In Oswald Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto', night

A. Drives man's enemy
B. Fools man's enemy
C. Hides man's enemy
D. Aids man's enemy

Question 160:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
And my children left their peaceful nakedness
For the uniform of iron and blood'
In the lines above from David Diop's Loser of Everything' the imagery depicts a displacement of

A. Innocence by violence
B. Nature by science
C. Village life by barrack life
D. The natureal by the artificial