Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 706:

• JAMB 1986

Medza's Mission To Kala was important mainly because it

A. Helped him to make acquaintance with his relations in Kala
B. Enabled him to discover Edima
C. Gave him the glory of bringing back Niam's wife
D. Made him discover the realities of the condition of colonized people.

Question 707:

• JAMB 1986

The attitude of the young men of Kala towards their chief can be described as

A. Disdainful
B. Suspicious
C. Disrespectful
D. Courteous.

Question 708:

• JAMB 1986

'Why the hell can't some of you caught him for me
Are you going to let a boy make a public laughing stock of his own father?
The speaker of these words is the father of

A. Bikokolo
B. Niam
C. Albert
D. Medza.

Question 709:

• JAMB 1986

From Madza's behavior after his return to Kala
it can be deduced that the most important lesson he learned from his sojourn in Kala is that

A. The secret of happiness is to be found among unsophisticated Africans
B. Every man is free to set his own goals and chart his own course in life
C. Formal education is the ideal way to true wisdom
D. It is highly rewarding to abide scrupulously by the mores of one's own community.

Question 710:

• JAMB 1986

The protagonist of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations is

A. Drummle
B. Magwitch
C. Miss Havishman
D. Pip.