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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1990 Literature In English Questions

Question 16:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
...'the hawk will flutter and turn
On its wings and swoop for the mouse,
The dogs will run for the hare,
The hare for its little life.'
These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' mean that
  • A This is a hunting season
  • B There is chaos
  • C The hare will be killed
  • D The hawk and the dogs are strong
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Question 17:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'...these white lilies tossed their little heads then
In the moon-steeped ponds;
There was bouncing gaiety in the crisp chirping
Of the cricket in the undergrowth,...
These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Executioner's
Dream suggest that
  • A Even nature rejoices at human sacrifice
  • B Nature is indifferent to man's predicament
  • C There is harmony in nature
  • D There is a lot of activity in the undergrowth
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Question 18:
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'The Fulani Creation Story' shows that
  • A The world came about by a series of chance happenings
  • B The world was created in three days
  • C A logic of cause-and-effect underlies all creation
  • D Death came into the world when man set himself up as God's rival
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Question 19:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
'' This madness which they say you have must now begin to know its bounds. You are telling me to go and find cassava for you...''
In view of the speaker's aim, this statement is
  • A Ambiguous
  • B Hyperbolic
  • C Ironic
  • D An understatement
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Question 20:
This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God
Which of the following BEST describes Ezeulu's mood when he was locked up in Okperi by the white administrator?
  • A Indifference
  • B Despair
  • C Apathy
  • D Nobility of mind
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