GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 196:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
'Night, and Abiku sucks the oil
From lamps'.

A. Abiku drinks oil
B. For Abiku, oil is water
C. While other babies suck the breast, Abiku sucks oil
D. The lamp is kept burning all night on account of Abiku

Question 197:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
In Lenrie Peter's 'We Have Come Home', the return of the successful scholar is not fulfilling because

A. The acievement sems out of touchwith his society back home
B. The tropical atmosphere is full of happiness
C. The dispensation he meets provides mixed satisfaction
D. He has become indifferent to his own society.

Question 198:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
In David Diop''s ''The Vultures'', the colonialist are portrayed as

A. Hypocritical and oppressive
B. Interllecture and civilized
C. Humanitarian and sympathetic
D. Adventurous and daring

Question 199:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
The choice of imagery in J.P Clark's 'Olukun' suggests that the poem intended to arouse

A. Jealousy
B. Secular sentiments
C. Religious sentiments
D. Erotic feelings.

Question 200:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
'But what wakeful of man,
Made of the mud of this earth,
Can stare at the touch of sleep
The stable vehicle of dream
Which indeed is the look of your eyes?'
These lines from J.P. Clark's 'Olokun' suggests that Olokun eyes

A. Hypnotize
B. Cause sleeplessness
C. Terrify
D. Prevent dreams