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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1992 Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
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 setting of T.S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' is characterized by
  • A Coldness
  • B Confusion
  • C Faiety
  • D Warmth
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Question 12:
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 confusion in the poet in D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Snake' arises from
  • A Education and love
  • B Fascination and fear
  • C Anger and hospitability
  • D Protest and regret
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Question 13:
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 dominant mood in 'Ode to a Nightingale' is that of
  • A Anxiety
  • B Melancholy
  • C Helplessness
  • D Fury
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Question 14:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
'...no difference at all between the '' whitemen'' and their apes the layers and the merchants and now apes of the apes our Party men ...'
The statement above refers to Koomson's
  • A Commitment to the plight of the poor man
  • B Reaction to the politics of betrayal
  • C Change of attitude to the plight of the poor man
  • D Disgust with the ''whitemen'' who are apes
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Question 15:
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah''s ''The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born''.
By the coup which takes place towards the end of the novel, the writer suggests that
  • A There is very little hope for genuine change
  • B All corrupt politicians shall be ousted
  • C The military is the hope for salvation
  • D The beautiful ones will soon be born
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