Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 146:

• JAMB 1982

In The Narrow Path Nani is transferred very frequently because he is

A. A trained teacher
B. An untrained teacher
C. A lazy worker
D. A devoted and hardworking teacher
E. A poor man's son

Question 147:

• JAMB 1982

Which of the following comes closest to a correct interpretation of the symbol of the mine dumps in Mine Boy?

A. The hope of all workers
B. Acknowledgement of the efforts of black South African workers
C. The enduring courage of black workers
D. The dignity of labour under an oppressive regime
E. The exploitation of black labour by an oppressive regime

Question 148:

• JAMB 1983

In Animal Farm, Boxer represents the dedicated worker who serves the revolutionary cause to the best of his ability and is

A. Gently consigned to obscurity in the end
B. Justly rewarded in the end.
C. Unfairly, ruthlessly treated in the end
D. Given national honours in the end
E. Allowed a graceful retirement in old age.

Question 149:

• JAMB 1983

'Nine hens had died in the meantime. Their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died by coccidiosis.'
In the passage taken from Animal Farm, the truth is that the

A. Cause of the hens' death is unknown
B. Official explanation given is unacceptable
C. Issue is not worth considering
D. Official explanation is acceptable
E. Hens died of old-age.

Question 150:

• JAMB 1983

'No sentimentality, comrade! War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.'
This statement in Animal Farm was made by

A. Squealer
B. Boxer
C. Major
D. Snowball
E. Benjamin.