Aspects Of Appreciation: Thematic Preoccupation, Socio-political Relevance, Style Jamb Literature In English Past Questions
Question 11
From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
The novel can be described as
- A. optimistic
- B. persuasive
- C. pessimistic
- D. antagonistic
Question 12
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
In the poem 'Night' Neto suggests that the oppressed
- A. do not believe in victory
- B. are never willing to fight for their rights
- C. are no longer willing to fight for their right
- D. are determined to give meaning to their life
Question 13
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of
- A. movement and gesture for the screen and audience
- B. speech, movement and gesture for the stage only
- C. speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio
- D. speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio
Question 14
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
"Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent
I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's
Fluorescence, dance on the pulse
incessant.
Wole Soyinka:Night
The lines above suggests that women are
- A. dogmatic
- B. seers
- C. magicians
- D. covetous
Question 15
"The drum is silenced in mid-throb;
the flute is flung away;
and ears strain to master the malediction
of the thunder."
These lines from "For Christopher Okigbo" shows that the main occurrence in the poem is
- A. incomprehensible
- B. wortheless
- C. accursed
- D. serene
