Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 846:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
Lakunle:... To fetch and carry
To cook and scrub
To bring forth children by the gross
Sidi: Heaven forgive you! Do you now scorn child bearing in a wife?
What would Lakunle rather prefer to accomplish before child bearing ?

A. Good kissing habit
B. Formal education
C. Racial and sexual equality
D. Church wedding

Question 847:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
...What would Sergius, the hero of Slivnitza, say if he saw me now? What would Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?
What would the half dozen Sergiuses who keep popping in and out of this handsome figure of mine say if they caught us here?''
These questions are addressed to

A. Louka
B. Sophia
C. Raina
D. Catherine

Question 848:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?
According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was

A. An irrepressible Casanovan trait
B. A chronic baromial temperament
C. A hard boiled classical disposition
D. An incurably romantic disposition

Question 849:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
The initial reluctance of the Petkoff's family to accept Bluntschli's marriage proposition to Raina was on the account of his

A. Major Petkoff
B. Captain Bluntschli
C. Catherine
D. Raina

Question 850:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
The play ends on a note of

A. Cynicism
B. Idealism
C. Realism
D. Despair