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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1987 Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
In ''Abiku'', the statement
''Yams do not sprout in amulets
To earth Abiku''s limbs....''
Simply means
  • A Abiku should not be buried with amulets
  • B Yams and amulets are repugnant to Abiku
  • C Abiku cannot be appeased
  • D Yams cannot grow on Abiku's grave.
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Question 12:
''But it is not the time
To lay wreaths
For yesterdays crimes...''
Lenrie Peters in his poem, We Have Come Home'' makes this statement because
  • A The future is unpredictatble
  • B Past sufferings are best forgotten
  • C There is no point crying over spilled milk
  • D Mourning can be posponed
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Question 13:
At the end of the poem 'pianos and Drums', the protagonist is best described as
  • A An authentic African
  • B A cultural mulatto
  • C Sophisticated African
  • D A cultured youth
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Question 14:
In J.P Clark's 'Olokun', the line 'No greater love has a woman' signifies
  • A Unrequired love
  • B Mutual love
  • C Impossible love
  • D Erotic love
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Question 15:
In J.P Clark's Olokun', the line
'So drunken like ancient walls'
means that the worshipers are drunken with
  • A Wine served at Olokun's altar
  • B Sacred water since Olokun rules the sea
  • C Bounties to be bestowned by Olokun
  • D Intense awe of Olokun
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