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

Question 301:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'The cell is a cruel place, sometimes a haven
Nowhere as absolute as the grave.
The poetic device used in these lines from J.P. Clark's 'The Casualties' is

A. An allusion
B. A paradox
C. An anecdote
D. An oxymoron

Question 302:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The impression created of life in Kofi Awoonor's
'Songs of Sorrow' is that of

A. An enjoyable tour
B. A difficult journey
C. A pleasant journey
D. An uneventful tour

Question 303:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' could be side to examine the issue of

A. Three trees on the low sky
B. Empty wine-skins
C. Spiritual rebirth
D. Night -fires going out

Question 304:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'The voice of my education 'in D.H. Lawrence's
'Snake' refers to

A. Culture
B. Primitive instincts
C. The hissing sound of a snake
D. Someone whispering to himself

Question 305:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In John Keats''Ode to a Nightingale, 'light-winged Dryad of the trees' refers to a

A. Butterfly
B. Bird
C. Bee
D. Wood nymph