Jamb Literature in English 1986 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1986

Odewale shifts the blame for his tragedy from the gods to himself and claims that his tragedy is a result of his own weakness. The weakness he claims is love of

A. Power
B. Adventure
C. His tribe
D. Divination.

Question 7:

• JAMB 1986

The treatment meted out to Cinna the poet in Julius Caesar shows

A. That roman soldiers despised poets generally
B. Shakespeare's use of mistaken identity for comic effect in the play
C. The misfortune of Roman poets
D. The spontaneous reaction of the plebians after assassination of Caesar.

Question 8:

• JAMB 1986

The specific case cited by Antony in his funeral oration to show that Caesar was not as ambitious as Brutus made him out to be, was that Caesar had

A. Refused to take ransom after his victory
B. Pardoned all his captives
C. Thrice refused the crown during theb feast of Luperical
D. Been a friend of the senators.

Question 9:

• JAMB 1986

Shakespeare based the story of Julius Caesar on

A. Actual historical records
B. Plutarch's lives
C. Greek mythology
D. John Bunyan's lives.

Question 10:

• JAMB 1986

'...He would be crown'd.
How that may change his nature, there's the question
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
And that craves wary walking...'
According to this passage, the crowning of Julius Caesar is

A. Extremely desirable
B. Bound to change Caesar's nature for the better
C. Bound to promote the breeding of adders
D. Something to be approached with great caution