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

Question 26:

• 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.
J.P Clak's 'Streamside Exchange, depicts an interplay of

A. Anxiety and passion
B. Anxiety and ignorance
C. Excitement and passion
D. Ignorance and wisdom

Question 27:

• 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.
'...Horrors were flowers then the bright red bougainvilla'.
The above lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Executioner's Dream' depict the executioner's

A. Attractiveness
B. Beauty consciousness
C. Gentleness
D. Callousness

Question 28:

• 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.
'...and we learn to sing half familiar half strange songs
we learn to dance to half familiar half strange rhythms...'

A. Destruction is present in almost every action
B. Nature is the sole destructive force
C. Animals are the sole destructive force
D. Birds are the sole destruction force

Question 29:

• 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.
Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' shows that

A. Destruction is present in almost every action
B. Nature is the sole destructive force
C. Animals are the sole destructive force
D. Birds are the sole destruction force

Question 30:

• JAMB 1990

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'...Tide and market come and go
And so shall your mother.'
The above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Streamside
Exchange' depict the

A. Variation of season
B. Changing periods of marketing
C. Constancy of nature
D. Importance of living