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?
A
He is a man of God
B
He distributes gifts to his followers
C
He foretells their future
D
He manipulates them
2
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
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
3
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
A
disappointment
B
rumination
C
contemplation
D
awareness
4
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Jero's opening speech in the is a
A
soliloquy
B
monologue
C
narrative
D
confession
5
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
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
6
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
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
7
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
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
8
This question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer.
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
9
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
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
10
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?
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
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