Jamb Literature in English 1984 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• JAMB 1984

'Clothes were like tattered flags
Flying off
To expose dangling breasts
As jaggered blinding flashes
Rumble, tremble, and crack
Amidst the smell of fired smoke
And the pelting march of the storm'
The general atmosphere portrayed in the above passage is one of

A. Peace and quiet
B. Contentment and calm
C. Anger and anxiety
D. Commotion and confusion
E. Poverty and want

Question 22:

• JAMB 1984

In Animal Farm, the commandments originally drawn up by Snowball and Napoleon sought to declare

A. The supremacy of animal over man
B. That animal shall in no way imitate human activities
C. That man is infinitely superior
D. That animal and men are equal
E. That animal are inferior to humans.

Question 23:

• JAMB 1984

'Thou art the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small
Sleeps at peace in his stall
Thou watchest over all...'
The poem (Animal Farm) refers to

A. Squealer
B. Snowball
C. Napoleon
D. Boxer
E. Clover.

Question 24:

• JAMB 1984

In Animal Farm, the song
'Beasts of England, beast of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime,
Hearken to my joyful tidings
Of the golden future time.
was first sung by

A. Snowball
B. Squealer
C. Old Major
D. Napoleon
E. Bluebell

Question 25:

• JAMB 1984

Since George Orwell was in fact writing about men while pretending to be writing about animals, his novel, Animal Farm can be classified as

A. A realistic novel
B. An allegorical novel
C. A naturalistic novel
D. A novel of adventure
E. A sentimental novel