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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1992 Literature In English Questions

Question 6:
This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In his reaction to his friend's death, the mood of the poet, in 'For CHristopher Okigbo' is that of
  • A Shock
  • B Disbelief
  • C Acceptance
  • D Grief
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Question 7:
This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The persona in the poem 'To the Soldier Hero' by Mazisi Kunene is portrayed as being
  • A Blood thirsty
  • B Brave
  • C Humane
  • D Fearful, yet patriotic
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Question 8:
This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'And when He looks at the grimy coating,
Caking off your emaciated skin,...'
These lines from Richard Ntiru's 'The Pauper' describe
  • A The texture of the pauper's skin
  • B The coat the pauper was wearing
  • C The effect of the surroundings
  • D Poverty and dirt
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Question 9:
This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
The poet in Sunset Sonata proposes
  • A Defiance and protest
  • B Arrogance and complacency
  • C Nonchalance and pride
  • D Violence and aggression
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Question 10:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
The use of the word 'salt' in the novel is suggestive of
  • A The corruption in political life
  • B An indispensable commodity
  • C The destruction of social values
  • D An instrument of decay and of cleansing
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