LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 196:

• JAMB 1994

"Marjorie turns to the fish, They swim slickly
backwards and forwards in the bright heaven of
their tanks:'white gravel,silver bubbles,green weed and the iridescence of their scales.They
cheer her. How much more beautiful fish are than
people, she thinks for the thousandth time.No
ungainliness,no filth;no stupidity."
Based on Lesley Glaister's "Serrusalmus", New Writing, in the passage above, the fish are better than people because they are

A. More radiant
B. More colourful
C. Less awkward
D. Less scheming

Question 197:

• JAMB 1995

This question is based on Literary Principles.
'I cannot blind myself
to putrefying carcasses in the market place
pulling giant vultures
from the sky.
Odia Ofeimun, 'How Can I Sing?
The tone of the lines above is one of

A. Defiance
B. Anger
C. Mourning
D. Anxiety

Question 198:

• JAMB 1995

This question is based on Literary Principles.
The madman has entered our house with violence
Defiling our sacred grounds
Claiming the single truth of the universe
Bending down our high priests with iron,'
Mazizi Kunene, 'Progress'
The imagery of the lines above captures the idea of

A. Coercion
B. Religiousity
C. Truth
D. Persuasion

Question 199:

• JAMB 1995

This question is based on Literary Principles.
'BEHOLD her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and blinds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.'
The rhyming scheme in the first stanza of 'The Solitary Reaper' above is

A. Abcbddee
B. Ababccdd
C. Abcabcdd
D. Abcbddef

Question 200:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?

A. He is a man of God
B. He distributes gifts to his followers
C. He foretells their future
D. He manipulates them