Thematic preoccupation - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2019

"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"
This exemplies the use of ...

A. Anadiplosis
B. Chiasmus
C. Anaphora
D. Hendiadys

Question 2:

• JAMB 1979

Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth' is about one of the following

A. Death
B. Urine
C. Flowers
D. Goddess of the Earth
E. Love

Question 3:

• JAMB 1979

The woods decay,the woods decay and fall,
The vapors weep their burden to the ground,
Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,
And after many a summer dies the swan.
The theme of these lines is

A. The falling of leaves
B. The ground on which the leaves fall
C. Man as a farmer
D. The power of death over every life
E. The flight of birds in certain reasons

Question 4:

• JAMB 2010

Woke, once, the clays of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved. are
Sides full nerved still warm too hard
To stir was it, for this the clay grew
Tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams
Toil to break earth's sleep at all
Use the lines above to answer this questions;
The theme of the poem is

A. Distortion of life
B. Creation of life
C. Vanity of life
D. Futility of life

Question 5:

• JAMB 2011

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is

A. The conflict of traditions
B. The futility of man and his tradition
C. The strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
D. Ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed