Jamb Literature in English 1988 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.
The following epithets:
'The courageous captain of compliments...
The very butcher of a silk button...
a gentleman of the very first house...'
refer to

A. Tybalt
B. Romeo
C. Mercutio
D. Benvolio.

Question 7:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
''If you think that you can drum for my downfall, and hope that drum will sound, then your head is not good''.
Odewale says this because

A. Aderopo is a skilful drummer
B. He believes that Aderopo is plotting his overthrow
C. He thinks that Aderopo is mad
D. Aderopo has not learnt how to drum well.

Question 8:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
In the prologue, the narrator's role to blame

A. Explains why the gods are not to blame
B. Narrates the life history of the hero
C. Reminds the principle character of thier functions
D. Explains to the audience the mimed action on the stage.

Question 9:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
Well it wasn't there anymore with him?
Someone who survived? Someone who managed to come home and say what exactly happened, not even a rat?
The lack of precise knowledge concerning the king''s fate as outlined in the passage above, arose as a result of the fact that

A. All the six bodyguards deserted the king
B. Ofof the seven bodyguards, only came back
C. All the four bodyguards were killed
D. Of the five bodyguards, only one came.

Question 10:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
What is the significance of Alaka and Gbonka to the plot of the play ?

A. They are major figures in the drama
B. They only held the vital clues for revealing the identity of Odewale
C. The y were friends of the late Ogundele
D. Their meeting with Odewale would help assuage his sorrow.