Jamb Literature in English 1993 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's

A. Intention to resume fighting
B. Intransigence in the face of authority
C. Refusal to pay homage to the witeman
D. Unwillingness to befriend the witemen

Question 2:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
OBASEKI [from the auditorium]. For the peace of the land, obey him - Benin has had enough trouble!
[Roupe11 turns, feigning departure.]
CHIEF EZOMO [ urgently kneels before Ovonramwen]. Pray, my lord, do nothing to provoke him again!
IYASE [fervently beseeching] . Benin... think of Benin!
This dialogue became necessary because of Ovonramwem's

A. Intention to resume fighting
B. Intransigence in the face of authority
C. Refusal to pay homage to the witeman
D. Unwillingness to befriend the witemen

Question 3:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...Then, let her take another husband from among her own people. A woman without a man is like rich farm soil without the feel of roots.
beautiful woman without a man is a crab-over-protected by shells: selfish...'
This statement in the play refers to the

A. Attack on Benin customs by the whitemen
B. Marital status of Queen Victoria
C. Hatred the Oba has for unmarried white women
D. Oba's desire to marry Queen Victoria

Question 4:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
In the play, the Oba's poetic language reveals his

A. Humility
B. Heroism
C. Nobility
D. Haughtiness

Question 5:

• JAMB 1993

This question is based on Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.
'...The python, seeking assurance of adulthood, measures his length with the palm tree ...
Who is referred to as the palm tree in these lines?

A. The chiefs
B. Ologbosere
C. The royal wives
D. The soldiers