LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 346:

• JAMB 2011

These question are based on literary Appreciation.
The wood decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapour weep their burthen to the ground,Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,And after many a summer dies the swan.
The subject matter of the line above is

A. Death
B. Famine
C. Storm
D. Rainfall

Question 347:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That board, and sleep, and feed....
The lines above show that the speaker

A. Detects discrimination
B. Is desirous of adventure
C. Hates his old wife
D. Knows much of his city men

Question 348:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
....How can i look at Oyo and say i
hate long shiny cars? How can i
come to the children and despise
international schools?
And Koomson comes, and the
family sees Jesus Christ in him....
The feeling conveyed by the speaker above is one of

A. Anger
B. Alienation
C. Hope
D. Despair

Question 349:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth"
Wole Soyinka:Night
Night children in the stanza above reflects the consciousness of

A. Birds
B. Armed robbers
C. Animals
D. Spirit beings

Question 350:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"Serrated shadows, through dark leaves
Til, bathed in warm suffusion of your
dapped cells
Sensation pained me, faceless, silent
as night thieves."
Wole Soyinka: Night
The dominant mood in the lines above is one of

A. Apprehension
B. Defiance
C. Joy
D. Indifference