Appreciation - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'

'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'


The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as

A. Smart
B. Sick
C. Weak
D. Strong

Question 32:

• JAMB 2016

According tp Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is

A. Poor
B. Religious
C. Hopeful
D. Frustrated

Question 33:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.


The tone of the persona in Blake's The School Boy is that of

A. Fear
B. Fulfillment
C. Contempt
D. Neutrality

Question 34:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.


'awaiting in ambush'

ambush in the line above from Adeoti's Ambush symbolises

A. Exploit
B. Frustration
C. Danger
D. Pain

Question 35:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The theme of Cope's sonnet V11 is

A. Adventure
B. Isolation
C. Contempt for literature
D. Art of poetry