Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 536:

• JAMB 1982

Kenneth Kaunda fought a much bigger boy from another school after a football match because he

A. Was quarrelsome
B. Was aggressive and violet by nature
C. Though they lost the match through foul play
D. Had a great sense of honour and fair play
E. Disliked the boys from the other school.

Question 537:

• JAMB 1982

I have thee not yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling, as to sight'
'fatal vision' in the second line is a reference to

A. The ghost of Banquo
B. The ghost of Duncan
C. One of the three witches
D. An imaginary dagger
E. King Duncan's crown

Question 538:

• JAMB 1982

Which of the following is a major source of interest in As You Like It?

A. The effective use of disguise
B. The disappointment of lovers
C. The fidelity of Shakspeare's characters
D. The authors irreverent use of language
E. The consistency of roles

Question 539:

• JAMB 1982

This is my letter to the world
That never wrote to me
The simple news that Nature told
With tender majesty
Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen
Judge tenderly of me'
To whom does 'her' in line 5 refer?

A. Majesty
B. World
C. Tender
D. Nature
E. The poet's sister

Question 540:

• JAMB 1982

Girls dance and sing. Men clap .The walls sing and press inward. They press the men and girls, they press inward. They press the men and girls they press John towards a centre of physical ecstasy .
Tom whom does 'they refer?

A. Men
B. Girls
C. Men and Girls
D. The walls
E. John and the girls