PROSE - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 11:

• JAMB 2019

The narrative technique adopted in Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days is that of_________

A. A second person narrator
B. A first person narrator
C. An omniscient narrator
D. None

Question 12:

• JAMB 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

Othello kills Desdemona because the_______

A. Former is jealous
B. Former's race is insulted
C. Latter is a witch
D. Latter is an idol

Question 13:

• JAMB 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO


Brabantio is opposed to the relationship between Othello and Desdemona because_________

A. He prefers lago
B. Othello is a moor
C. Rodgerigo woos her first
D. Desdemona is too young

Question 14:

• JAMB 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare’s OTHELLO

"Soft you; a word or two before you go. I have done the state some service and they knew’ No more of

A. Travelling
B. Sick
C. Dying
D. Eloping

Question 15:

• JAMB 2018

The question is based on William’s Shakespeare's OTHELLO


"O heaven; How got she out?
O treason of the blood!
Father; from hence trust not your daughters' minds
By what you see them act. Is there not charms
By which the property of youth and maid-hood
May be abused?


The speaker of the excerpt above is________

A. Brabantio
B. Othello
C. Gratiano
D. Roderigo