POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 296:

• JAMB 2010

These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
In Elliot's Journey of the Magi, the magic are aided on their journey by

A. Horses
B. Carmels
C. Chariots
D. Donkeys

Question 297:

• JAMB 2010

These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
According to Cope's Sonnet VII, poetry is basically

A. Therapeutic
B. Philosophical
C. Inspiring
D. Boring

Question 298:

• JAMB 2010

use the lines below to answer these two questions.
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind old sun will know
Think how it wakes the seeds
Wake, once,the clays of a cold star
Are limbs. so dear achieved, are
sides Full nerved still warm too hard to stir Was it, for this the clay grew tall?O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all.
THE POEM CAN BE DESCRIBED AS

A. An epic
B. A sonnet
C. An elegy
D. A lyric

Question 299:

• JAMB 2010

Woke, once, the clays of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved. are
Sides full nerved still warm too hard
To stir was it, for this the clay grew
Tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams
Toil to break earth's sleep at all
Use the lines above to answer this questions;
The theme of the poem is

A. Distortion of life
B. Creation of life
C. Vanity of life
D. Futility of life

Question 300:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is

A. The conflict of traditions
B. The futility of man and his tradition
C. The strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
D. Ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed