1999 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
'I' ll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?
'I' ll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?
A
That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
B
That her best is good enough to win affection
C
That she herself becomes the beloved
D
That she herself wins the love
correct option: c
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste,
Toby and Maria is the expression of life's
The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste,
Toby and Maria is the expression of life's
A
fragility
B
pleasure
C
comedy
D
romance
correct option: a
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This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?
A
Love at first sight
B
Unrequited love
C
Lllusion and reality
D
Humour and tragedy
correct option: b
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This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Laye learns early in life that his society respects
Laye learns early in life that his society respects
A
spirits and ghosts
B
human beings and spirits
C
animals and witches
D
gold and magicians
correct option: a
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This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The father permits his son to go to Paris because he
The father permits his son to go to Paris because he
A
sees no future in traditional African ways
B
is encouraged by the missionaries
C
wants him to be future leader
D
wishes to free him from blacksmithing
correct option: a
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This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The author makes the reader believe his story by using
The author makes the reader believe his story by using
A
a confessional style
B
elements of humour
C
detailed description
D
another narrator
correct option: c
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This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The novel is a mixture of
The novel is a mixture of
A
fiction and fantasy
B
the objective and the absurd
C
pessimism and optimism
D
the real and the supermatural
correct option: d
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This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?
Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?
A
Marabouts, spirits and family life
B
Family life, death and marabouts
C
Blacksmiths, spirits and magicians
D
Spirits, magicians and death
correct option: a
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
In Adah's view, the white society in the novel is one in which
In Adah's view, the white society in the novel is one in which
A
there is communal feeling
B
neighbourliness is lacking
C
neighbours live happily
D
members are unifriendly
correct option: d
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This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes
To raise the reader's anxiety about the story, the author sometimes
A
stops the main story to narrate other events
B
creates a lot of funny episodes
C
puts too many difficulties in Adans way
D
shows that Francis is weaks
correct option: b
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