Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 51:

• 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 52:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on William Romeo and Juliet.

What can you infer about Benvolio based on his interaction with Romeo and parents

A. Benvolio is a troublemaker
B. Benvolio is a cabinet maker
C. Benvolio is kingmaker
D. Benvolio is a peacemaker

Question 53:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.


In Nnaife's house, life became miserable to Nnu Ego by the news that

A. Nnaife's elder brother had died
B. Nnaife has inherited buildings and properties
C. Nnaife had lost Ngozi
D. Nnaife has inherited his brother's wives and children.

Question 54:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.


In the novel, it is necessary that Ona has to leave her father's house because

A. Of the safety of her child
B. Of her love for Agbadi
C. Her father is dead
D. That is the tradition

Question 55:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on William Romeo and Juliet.


__________decides that Juliet should marry a young man named Paris, who has been asking for her hand

A. Friar Laurence
B. Lord Capulet
C. Balthasar
D. Friar John