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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.
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
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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.
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
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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 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 14:
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 15:
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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