Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 441:

• JAMB 1980

In Gray's 'Elegy' the poor are

A. Abused
B. Accursed
C. Romanticized
D. Praised
E. Admonished

Question 442:

• JAMB 1980

Chaucer presents The Franklin as

A. A great noble man
B. A devout christain
C. An apicurian in taste
D. A jovial character
E. An ambitious man

Question 443:

• JAMB 1980

In As You Like It, the verse which begins
' Blow blow thou winter wind' is about

A. A storm in winter
B. Man's ingratitude
C. Duk Senior cave
D. Le Beau's love for Snowballs
E. Oriando's love for Rosalind

Question 444:

• JAMB 1980

The dominant images in Kalu Uka's Earth to Earth are those of

A. Love and beauty
B. Youth and joy
C. Death and burial
D. The sweetness of wooling
E. The richness of a man's memory

Question 445:

• JAMB 1981

Anansewa's grandmother prays that the man who marries Anansewa

A. Has respect for others
B. Is wealthy
C. Is young
D. Comes from her own area
E. Helps the family