Jamb Literature in English 2016 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.


'No faith; she let it drop by negligence. And, to the advantage, I, being here, took up look, here it is.'


This speaker of the lines above is

A. Lago
B. Cassio
C. Desdemona
D. Emilia

Question 47:

• JAMB 2016

' Chief, the buys are getting more expensive to handle. They continue to demand for increased pay and you know what you give for expenses. Please try and look into a possible increases in the overhead allocation.
This smuggling racket is becoming too hot to handle you know, the risk involved'.


The scene of the conversation in the excerpt above is

A. A street
B. Chief's office
C. A hotel
D. The Police Station

Question 48:

• JAMB 2016

''Chief, the boys are getting more expensive to handle. They continue to demand for increased pay and you know what you give for expenses. Please try and look into a possible increase in the overhead allocation.

This smuggling racket is becoming too hot to handle you know, the risk involved'.

The setting of the play is

A. Gbossa
B. Benue
C. Nassarawa
D. Jabu

Question 49:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.


From its resolution of conflicts. the play can be described as being

A. Obscene
B. Farcical
C. Comic
D. Didactic

Question 50:

• JAMB 2016

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption.

Aloho is employed as Chief's

A. Personal Assistant
B. Protocol Officer
C. Legal Adviser
D. Secretary