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2011 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

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These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.

Vandermayer's attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the church's

A
despondency
B
infuriation
C
hypocrisy
D
suspicion
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These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.

'As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up,puffing up and

then deflating the skin under his chin'.

The subject of description in the line above is

A
the high commissioner
B
the white chief
C
M.Fuuconi
D
M. Pipiniakis
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These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.

For attempted murder , Nnaife was jailed for

A
four months
B
five months
C
two months
D
three months
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These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.

In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and

A
height
B
illiteracy
C
wealth
D
treachery
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These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.

The novel draws a picture of

A
a useless past
B
an unstable moment
C
a peaceful atmosphere
D
a totalitarian future
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These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is

A
the conflict of traditions
B
the futility of man and his tradition
C
the strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
D
ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed
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These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

In Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm,

the thunderstorm begins with

A
rain from the west
B
rain from the east
C
clouds from the west
D
clouds from the east
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These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

In Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through

A
scorching sun
B
blooming thorns
C
a cloudy atmosphere
D
a dirty room
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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
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These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.

Room 101 symbolizes a place oF

A
rest
B
humiliation
C
torture
D
fun
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