Appreciation - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2018

“I cannot rest from travel: I will drink, life to the lees, all times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly”. A.L. Tennyson: “Ulysses”
The lines above inform the reader that the poet

A. Is determined to suffer
B. Has his poetic imagination kindled
C. Will cure his sour mood
D. Will not drink much

Question 17:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"

The poet persona expresses dismay about________

A. Bet
B. Cockroaches
C. Grasshoppers
D. Light opera

Question 18:

• JAMB 2018

How can I look at Oyo and say I hate long shiny cars? How can I come to the children and despise international schools? And Koomson comes; and the family sees Jesus Christ in him...

The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of_________

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair

Question 19:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.


Tennyon's Crossing the Bar is ________?

A. A celebration of life
B. An appreciation of nature
C. A demystication of death
D. A celebration of the final passage

Question 20:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.


The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?

A. Sober
B. Boastful
C. Defiant
D. Languid