Jamb Literature in English 1984 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1984

What literary mode best described Soyinka's The Trial Of Brother Jero, the most central deals with the

A. Tragedy
B. Satire
C. Tragi-comedy
D. Epic
E. Baroque.

Question 7:

• JAMB 1984

Brother Jero's attitude to his vocation is

A. Self-denying
B. Commercial
C. Philanthropic
D. Nonchalant
E. Messianic.

Question 8:

• JAMB 1984

Of the issues raised by Wole Soyinka in The Trials Of Brother Jero, the most central deals with the

A. Fraustration of an incompatible marriage
B. Rivarly of religious sects
C. Negative qualities of women
D. Evil of religious demagogy
E. Disadvantages of over-ambitious, naive personality.

Question 9:

• JAMB 1984

The 'curse' the old master put on Brother Jero is that he would

A. Drown in water
B. Be killed by armed robbers
C. Come to ruin by women
D. Loss his prophetic visions
E. Die in a road mishap.

Question 10:

• JAMB 1984

'Vanished. Transported. Utterly transmuted.
i knew it. i knew i stood in the presence of God...
This statement of Ecstasy was made in The Trials Of Brother Jero by

A. Brother Jero
B. Chume
C. The old prophet
D. The unnamed penitent woman
E. The unnamed member of parliament.