PROSE - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 161:

• 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 162:

• 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.

Question 163:

• JAMB 1983

Which of the following adjectives best describes the character of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart?

A. Gentle
B. Quick tempered
C. Considerate
D. Meek
E. Wicked

Question 164:

• JAMB 1983

Artistically, Okonkwo's seven years' exile is a device used by Achebe to

A. To introduce comic relief
B. Keep Okonkwo at a distance from the movement of the mind of Umuofia
C. Serve as a warning to other members of the Umuofia community
D. Shows that wilful crime does not pay
E. De-emphizes the role of Okonkwo in the novel

Question 165:

• JAMB 1983

'...No, my friend, he is not too young. A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches. i have done my best to make Nwoye grow into a man, but there is too much of his mother in him.'
The truth, which Okonkwo knows but cannot bring himself to state, is that Nwoye is what he is because there is in him too much of

A. His father
B. His grandfather
C. Ikemefuna
D. His grandmother
E. Ezinma