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

Question 351:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The recurrence of the first person pronoun 'I' in Gabriel Okara's 'The callof the River Nun' creates the feeling of

A. Detachment
B. Immediacy
C. Alienation
D. Nostalgia

Question 352:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
What notion dominates Oswald Mtshali's 'The washerwoman's Prayer'?

A. Piety
B. Ageing
C. Indifference
D. Inequality

Question 353:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'BEHOLD her, single in the field,
You solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;...
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.'
The lines above from William Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' constitute

A. A soliloguy
B. An aside
C. An apostrophe
D. An interior monologue

Question 354:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In my last Duchess', the poet complains about the Duchess'

A. Indiscriminate love and admiration
B. Unrestrained blushing
C. Officious fool
D. Intermitent smiles

Question 355:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Which of the following are literary genres?

A. Poetry, farce and faction
B. Fiction, poetry and drama
C. Drama, faction and biography
D. Poetry , orthography and fiction.