Unseen passages/extracts from Drama, Prose, and Poetry - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The oilbean in Christopher Okigbo's 'The Passage refers to

A. One of the totems of Idoto
B. The only totem of Idoto
C. The abundance of oilbean trees by the river
D. The use of the oilbean for magical purposes

Question 22:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'...Ha! That motoka is motoka
It belongs to the Minister of Fairness
Who yesterday was loaded with a doctorate
At Makerere with whisky...
Plus I hear the literate thighs of an undergraduate'
The above stanza from Theo Luzuku's 'The Motoka' demonstrates that the minister is

A. Corrupt and immoral
B. A gifted doctoral graduate of Makerere
C. An owner of a motor-car which is laden with whisky
D. Underserving of the literate thighs of an undergraduate

Question 23:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In Agostinho Neto's 'Night', night basically symbolises

A. Political oppression
B. Social deprivation
C. Moral depravity
D. Spiritual decay

Question 24:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In Odia Ofeimun's 'The Prodigals', the attitude of the returnees is best described as

A. Remorseful
B. Unrepentant
C. Hopeful
D. Despondent

Question 25:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The lesson learnt from 'The Fulani Creation Story' is that Doondari cannot tolerate

A. Man
B. Blindness
C. Sleep
D. Pride