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

Question 261:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'You just wait, I'll tell you more
But let me first sell my tomatoes'.
These two lines from Theo Luzuka's 'The Motoka'
reveal the poet's true state of

A. Delight
B. Reality
C. Fear
D. Dream

Question 262:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In the poem 'Night' Neto suggests that the oppressed

A. Do not believe in victory
B. Are never willing to fight for their rights
C. Are no longer willing to fight for their right
D. Are determined to give meaning to their life

Question 263:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'Withering, burn, ghost, a scatter, dusty, half-bare
The above combination of words from Kwesi Brew's
'The Dry Season' thematically suggests

A. Destruction
B. Confusion
C. Desolation
D. Death

Question 264:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The technique Kwesi Brew employs to portray the nightmarish image in his poem 'The Executioner's Dream' is the description of the

A. Childhood fun
B. Only set in a crown of thorns
C. Gory details
D. Wicked sappor

Question 265:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In the poem 'The Prodigals' the line 'their heads are claimed by clouds' means that the military leaders

A. Travel a lot by air
B. Are haughty
C. Love sunny weather
D. Dislike clouds