1997 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?
A
He is a man of God
B
He distributes gifts to his followers
C
He foretells their future
D
He manipulates them
correct option: d
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,
your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,
I think ....
CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?
JERO: You must take her home tonight...
Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to
The Trials of Brother Jero.
JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,
your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,
I think ....
CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?
JERO: You must take her home tonight...
Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to
A
keep his secret secret
B
get the beating out of the way quickly
C
enable jero get into his house
D
keep Chume's loyalty
correct option: a
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
CHUME: Who said you were? Does the prophet live here?
SAME MAN: Yes. Over there. That house
CHUME: So...so..so...s...
Chume's reaction in the exchange above reflects
The Trials of Brother Jero.
CHUME: Who said you were? Does the prophet live here?
SAME MAN: Yes. Over there. That house
CHUME: So...so..so...s...
Chume's reaction in the exchange above reflects
A
disappointment
B
rumination
C
contemplation
D
awareness
correct option: d
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Jero's opening speech in the is a
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Jero's opening speech in the is a
A
soliloquy
B
monologue
C
narrative
D
confession
correct option: b
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This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
The most sensitive of Jero's disciples is
The Trials of Brother Jero.
The most sensitive of Jero's disciples is
A
the Faithful Penitent
B
Brother Chume
C
the Old Couple
D
the woman with the exposed thigh
correct option: a
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the
One of the enriching factors of the comedy is the
A
lopsided resolution of conflicts
B
manipulation of appearance and reality
C
contrived misrepresentation of characters
D
match making attempts by Mrs. Hardcastle
correct option: b
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
The comic in the play is found in the
The comic in the play is found in the
A
Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot
B
Miss Hardcastle Marlow main plot two sub-plots
C
Miss Hardcastle-Marlow main plot and Hasting-Neville sub-plot
D
Miss Hardcastle-Marlow and Hasting-Neville series of sub-plots
correct option: c
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because
Mr. Hardcastle asks Young Marlow to leave his house because
A
Marlow is not fit to be Kate's husband
B
Young Marlow is more demanding than Hasting
C
he is fed up with Marlow annoying behaviour
D
Kate objects to being betrothed in absentia
correct option: c
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
'...My son is not to live by his learning. I don't think a boy wants much learning to spend fifteen hundred a year.'
What provokes this response from the speaker is the accusation that
'...My son is not to live by his learning. I don't think a boy wants much learning to spend fifteen hundred a year.'
What provokes this response from the speaker is the accusation that
A
Tony is in reality without a fortune
B
Tony is not a man of consequence
C
Marlow is too bashful and reserved
D
Tony has not had a good breeding
correct option: d
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This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may
see he's consumptive.
Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of
the symptoms.
Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,
Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way
Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.
Hard: And truly so am I;...
What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?
Mrs. Hard: ..Anybody that looks in his face may
see he's consumptive.
Hard: Ay, if growing too fat be one of
the symptoms.
Mrs. Hard: He coughs sometimes,
Hard: Yes, when his liquor goes the wrong way
Mrs. Hard: I'm actually afraid of his lungs.
Hard: And truly so am I;...
What takes place immediately after this brief exchange?
A
Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle exit
B
Tony walks across the stage
C
There is a knocking at the door
D
Kate enters begging for calm
correct option: a
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