Setting - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 1997

This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
What is the most striking feature of the setting in the novel?

A. The simple but effective description of the landscape
B. The reliance on straight forward presentations
C. The effective employment of contrasts
D. The use of difficult and mystifying language.

Question 7:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?

A. Marabouts, spirits and family life
B. Family life, death and marabouts
C. Blacksmiths, spirits and magicians
D. Spirits, magicians and death

Question 8:

• JAMB 2000

This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.
The novel is set in the

A. White peaks of the Canary Islands
B. Fishing coast of Havana
C. Fishing coast of Cienfuegos
D. Fishing village of Casablanca

Question 9:

• JAMB 2001

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The setting of The African Child is a kingdom with

A. Islamic and modern traditions
B. Pre-Islamic and Islamic traditions
C. Pre-Islamic traditions
D. Pre-Islamic and modern traditions

Question 10:

• JAMB 2005

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments.
The setting of the novel is the

A. Traditional Nigerian society
B. Post-independence Ghanaian society
C. Pre-independence Ghanaian society
D. Moder Nigerian society