Jamb Literature in English 1989 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
'...and we learn to sing half familiar half strange songs
we learn to dance to half familiar half strange rhythms...'

A. Destruction is present in almost every action
B. Nature is the sole destructive force
C. Animals are the sole destructive force
D. Birds are the sole destruction force

Question 17:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
Nwaka's hostility to Ezeulu is attributable to

A. His great wealth and sense of importance
B. The rivalry between Umuneora and Umuachala
C. The instigation of Ezidemili
D. His jealousy of Ezeulu's mysterious powers

Question 18:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
Ezeulu sent his son, Oduche, to join the Christians because

A. Of his great love for the whiteman
B. He had come to distrust the power of Ulu
C. He did not want Oduche to succeed him as chief priest
D. He wanted a representative in the group in case they became powerful

Question 19:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
The lesson which emerges from the fate of Ezeulu is that

A. The will of the priest is the will of his god
B. Christianity is superior to traditional religion
C. No man ever won judgement against his clan
D. Captain Winterbottom was right afterall

Question 20:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God.
'....a man who brings ant-ridden faggots into his hut should expect the visit of lizards...
What does Nwaka refer to as 'ant-ridden faggots' in this context?

A. The visit of the court messenger
B. The unexpected consultation of Ezeulu with the chiefs of Umuaro
C. The friendship between Ezeulu and the whiteman
D. Ezeulu's rejection of the kind gesture of some chiefs to accompany him to Okperi