1993 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's
A
intention to resume fighting
B
intransigence in the face of authority
C
refusal to pay homage to the witeman
D
unwillingness to befriend the witemen
correct option: c
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.
beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'
This statement in the play refers to the
'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.
beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'
This statement in the play refers to the
A
attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
B
marital status of Queen Victoria
C
hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
D
Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria
correct option: b
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
In the play, the Oba's poetic language reveals his
In the play, the Oba's poetic language reveals his
A
humility
B
heroism
C
nobility
D
haughtiness
correct option: d
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This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...The python, seeking assurance of adulthood, measures his length with the palm tree ...
Who is referred to as the palm tree in these lines?
'...The python, seeking assurance of adulthood, measures his length with the palm tree ...
Who is referred to as the palm tree in these lines?
A
The chiefs
B
Ologbosere
C
The royal wives
D
The soldiers
correct option: a
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
The play reaches a turning point when
The play reaches a turning point when
A
Macduff's wife and children are murdered
B
Banquo is murdered and Fleance escapes
C
Duncan is murdered in Macbeth's castle
D
Macbeth sees the witches a scond time
correct option: c
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the
It is dramatic irony that the 'castle which has a gentle air' happens to be the
A
orchard of Macbeth
B
witches' enclave
C
forest of Dunsinane
D
death-place of King Duncan
correct option: d
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'The Prince of Cumberland!- That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o' erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires;...
Macbeth in this soliloquy refers to his secret longing to become the
'The Prince of Cumberland!- That is a step
On which I must fall down, or else o' erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!
Let not light see my black and deep desires;...
Macbeth in this soliloquy refers to his secret longing to become the
A
King of Scotland
B
Prince of Cumberland
C
Thane of Cawdor
D
Thane of Glamis
correct option: a
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cowed my better part of man;
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,...
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope...'
The speech above was made when
'Accursed be that tongue that tells me so,
For it hath cowed my better part of man;
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,...
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope...'
The speech above was made when
A
Macduff confronted Macbeth for the final battle
B
Macbeth realized the truth of the witches prediction
C
Duncan heard that Malcolm and Macduff had descended on Dunsinane to attack Macbeth
D
Macbeth heard that his wife had been killed
correct option: a
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
'...Nay, had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth .'
The true intention of the speaker is to
'...Nay, had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth .'
The true intention of the speaker is to
A
assess the integrity of the addressee
B
get power and authority at all cost
C
be callous and destructive
D
stir commotion in the world
correct option: b
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This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'There where the need for good and ''the doing good'' conflict.'
In these two lines from Lenrie Peters' The Fence', the speaker says that
'There where the need for good and ''the doing good'' conflict.'
In these two lines from Lenrie Peters' The Fence', the speaker says that
A
''doing good'' is the opposite of the need for good
B
he cannot do good deeds
C
action often conflicts with knowledge
D
he lies on the fence between good and evil
correct option: d
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