Jamb Literature in English 1987 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1987

In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by

A. Usurpation in a typical Ijekun manner
B. Deserting the poeple of Ikolu whose army he led
C. Divulging the war secrets of Ikolu to Kutuje
D. Leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.

Question 2:

• JAMB 1987

In the play The Gods Are Not To Blame, Odewale became King of Kutuje by

A. Usurpation in a typical Ijekun manner
B. Deserting the poeple of Ikolu whose army he led
C. Divulging the war secrets of Ikolu to Kutuje
D. Leading Kutuje in a war against Ikolu.

Question 3:

• JAMB 1987

'No, let them attack me. Is it not Ignorance that makes the rat attack the cat? Ten thousand of them-let them ... attack me. they have the arms, they have the swords. But me... I have only one weapon and this i have used, and mine is the victory...'
The one weapon to which the speaker in The Gods Are Not To Blame refers is

A. Pprophecy
B. Courage
C. Truth
D. Justice.

Question 4:

• JAMB 1987

'The let these eyes around me close, Close close in sleep, close in sleep. That is my word-the mountain always sleeps. Sleep Sleep... sleep..sleep...'
These lines from The Gods Are Not To Blame were chanted by

A. Iya Aburo to mesmerise her son
B. Baba Fakunle to mesmerise his assailants
C. Odewale to mesmerise his assailants
D. Old man to mesmerise Odewale.

Question 5:

• JAMB 1987

'But Obatal,
God Creation,
has a way
of consoling the distressed.
The consolation referred to by the narrator in The Gods Are Not To Blame is the

A. Great peace that reigned in the land of Kutuje
B. Subjugation of the warlike people of Ikolu
C. Pregnancy of Aburo, Odewale's second wife
D. Birth of Aderopo by Ojuola.