Jamb Literature in English 1997 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?

A. He is a man of God
B. He distributes gifts to his followers
C. He foretells their future
D. He manipulates them

Question 2:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?

A. He is a man of God
B. He distributes gifts to his followers
C. He foretells their future
D. He manipulates them

Question 3:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,
your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,
I think ....
CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?
JERO: You must take her home tonight...
Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to

A. Keep his secret secret
B. Get the beating out of the way quickly
C. Enable jero get into his house
D. Keep Chume's loyalty

Question 4:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
CHUME: Who said you were? Does the prophet live here?
SAME MAN: Yes. Over there. That house
CHUME: So...so..so...s...
Chume's reaction in the exchange above reflects

A. Disappointment
B. Rumination
C. Contemplation
D. Awareness

Question 5:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Jero's opening speech in the is a

A. Soliloquy
B. Monologue
C. Narrative
D. Confession