Jamb Literature in English 1986 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1986

The oracle warns us that we we have left our pot unwatched, and our food now burns.'
This statement in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers to

A. The killing of Adetusa
B. The crime of incest committed by King Odewale
C. Aderopo's quarrel with King Odewale
D. The banishment of Aderopo.

Question 2:

• JAMB 1986

The oracle warns us that we we have left our pot unwatched, and our food now burns.'
This statement in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers to

A. The killing of Adetusa
B. The crime of incest committed by King Odewale
C. Aderopo's quarrel with King Odewale
D. The banishment of Aderopo.

Question 3:

• JAMB 1986

'...the toad likes water but not when the water is boiling'. King Odewale in the Gods Are Not To Blame uses this proverb to explain why he

A. He exiled himself from the home of his supposed parents.
B. Exiled Aderopo from his presence
C. Treated Baba Fakunle with disrespect
D. No longer likes the land of Kutuje.

Question 4:

• JAMB 1986

Baba Fakunle: How much did he give you boy?
Boy: Ten cowries, Baba.
Baba Fakunle: Hand him back nine.
The order to return nine cowries was given by Baba Fakunle because he

A. Wanted to spit the King by taking only one cowrie
B. Felt insulted that he was given only ten cowries
C. Did not want to meddle with leprous monry given with bloody hands
D. Wanted to emphasize that the messanger of Olodumare takes only one cowrie.

Question 5:

• JAMB 1986

''When the frog in front falls in a pit, others behind takes caution... When crocodiles eat their own eggs, what will they will they not do to the flesh of a frog?''
In the context of The Gods Are Not To Blame, the person who made this statement is alleging that king Adetusa

A. Died falling in to a pit
B. Fell victim to man eating crocodiles
C. Was killed by the people of Kutuje
D. Was killed by the Ijekun people.