Jamb Literature in English 2007 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.The play is about

A. Resistance to British administration
B. Opposition to Christianity
C. Disunity among the Hausa state
D. Unity in the caliphate

Question 7:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.Characterization in the play comprises three major groups of

A. Counsellors, spiritual advisers and soldiers
B. Court officeials, British soldiers and beggars
C. Court officials, British official and people
D. People soldiers and beggars

Question 8:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.How does Lugard describe the battle between the white man and the Sokoto Caliphate?

A. One between superior and inferior powers
B. One of life and death
C. One between Christians and Muslims
D. One of the superiority of wills

Question 9:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.What is Dan Magaji's advice on the war with the white man?

A. Caliph should go into exile
B. The war should start immediately
C. The palace should be vacated
D. Caliph should seek support from neighbours

Question 10:

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.One thing that Angel Clare hates most is

A. The nation of old family
B. Marrying a girl of her parents'choice
C. Cambridge education
D. Becoming a minister