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

Question 386:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Romantic poetry emphasizes

A. The beauty of nature
B. Intimate relationships
C. The love in human nature
D. The romance in human aspirations

Question 387:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'The woman whose breasts I sucked is gone to the worms'.
Oculi, 'Orphan'
These lines illustrate the use of

A. Sadism
B. Sophism
C. Satire
D. Euphemism

Question 388:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'One man with a head
shaven clean as a potato
whispered to the rising sun,
a red eye wiped by a tattered
handkerchief of clouds.'
Mtshali, 'Men in Chains
The figures of speech employed in the lines above are

A. Metaphor and onomatopoeia
B. Simile and metonymy
C. Metaphor and simile
D. Personification and onomatopoeia

Question 389:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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.
Okigbo's 'Hurrah for Thunder'is a prophetic poem because it

A. Correctly predicts the end of those who abuse power
B. Predicts the coming of military rulers
C. Pictures the return of politicians to the scene
D. Picture the poet going to hell

Question 390:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on selected poems from R. Johnson and D. Ker 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.
'Red booth, Red pillar-box Red double-tiered Omnibus squelching tar. It was real!....'
These lines from Soyinka's 'Telephone Conversation show that the poet

A. Appreciates the environment of his experience
B. Is insensitive to his experience
C. Is unable to believe his experience
D. Believes both his environment and experience