LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'
G.Okara: The Voice.


It can be inferred from the passage above that the

A. Listener is wise
B. Speaker is a porter
C. Listener is more experienced
D. Speaker is more experienced

Question 27:

• JAMB 2016

No. no1 Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.

The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.


The speaker in the passage is

A. Reckless
B. Insane
C. A coward
D. A hero

Question 28:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'


Wole Soyinka: Night.


The line above suggest that women are

A. Covetous
B. Dogmatic
C. Seers
D. Magicians

Question 29:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


Weep not child, weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall no long be victorious
They shall no longer possess the sky....
The speaker of the lines is

A. Optimistic
B. Carefree
C. Helpless
D. Pessimistic

Question 30:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


The old man slept in his favorite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hairs
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poet above is

A. Bbaa
B. Aabb
C. Abab
D. Baba