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Literature in English 1987 JAMB Past Questions

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In ''Abiku'', the statement

''Yams do not sprout in amulets

To earth Abiku''s limbs....''

Simply means

  • A. Abiku should not be buried with amulets
  • B. yams and amulets are repugnant to Abiku
  • C. Abiku cannot be appeased
  • D. yams cannot grow on Abiku's grave.
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''But it is not the time

To lay wreaths

For yesterdays crimes...''

Lenrie Peters in his poem, We Have Come Home'' makes this statement because
  • A. the future is unpredictatble
  • B. past sufferings are best forgotten
  • C. there is no point crying over spilled milk
  • D. mourning can be posponed
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13

At the end of the poem 'pianos and Drums', the protagonist is best described as

  • A. an authentic African
  • B. a cultural mulatto
  • C. sophisticated African
  • D. a cultured youth
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In J.P Clark's 'Olokun', the line 'No greater love has a woman' signifies

  • A. unrequired love
  • B. mutual love
  • C. impossible love
  • D. erotic love
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15

In J.P Clark's Olokun', the line
'So drunken like ancient walls'
means that the worshipers are drunken with

  • A. wine served at Olokun's altar
  • B. sacred water since Olokun rules the sea
  • C. bounties to be bestowned by Olokun
  • D. intense awe of Olokun
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