Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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

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.
'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

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.
The poet in Sunset Sonata proposes

A Defiance and protest
B Arrogance and complacency
C Nonchalance and pride
D Violence and aggression

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.
In 'The Casualties' J.P. Clark discusses

A Soldiers who die in the war
B Insecurity of the writer in times of crisis
C The suffering of soldiers and civilians during a war
D Those whose property is destoryed during a war

Question 10:

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.
Kofi Awoonor's poem 'Songs of Sorrow' suggests that

A Death is temporary
B Life is continuous
C The living communicate with the dead
D Death is final