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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1998 Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' is concerned with devastation because
  • A The poet had fought in many wars
  • B Of the destruction of part of Africa by the weather
  • C Of the impact of white domination on parts of Africa
  • D Of the destruction of the shrines of the ancestors
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Question 12:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Dzogbesa Lisa in Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' can be equated to
  • A Salvation
  • B Despondence
  • C Poverty
  • D Fate
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Question 13:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
''O incomprehensible God!
Shall my pilot be''
These lines in Okara''s ''The Call of the River Nun'' reveal a religious undertone which also expresses the
  • A Mystery of existence
  • B Omnipotence of God
  • C Duality of life
  • D Inevitability of death
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Question 14:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Mtshalis 'The Washerwoman's Prayer' the condition of the woman is portrayed through
  • A Irony
  • B Juxtaposition
  • C Comparison
  • D Metaphor
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Question 15:
This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
What is the poet-persona's feeling for the reaper in Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper'?
  • A Pity
  • B Admiration
  • C Hatred
  • D Delight
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