Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 161:

• JAMB 1984

'A deathly silence descended on Okonkwo's compound. Even the very little children seemed to know. Throughout that day Nwoye sat in his mother's hut and tears stood in his eyes.'
The mood describe in this passage from Things Fall Apart has been bought on by the

A. Death of Unoka
B. Killing of Ikemefuna
C. Exiling of Okonkwo
D. Transfer of Mr. Brown
E. Imprisonment of Okonkwo.

Question 162:

• JAMB 1984

The episode in which the priestess of Agbala takes Ezinma to the shrine at night is meant to demostrate how

A. Daring Okonkwo is
B. Much the priestess dislikes Okonkwo's family
C. Much concerned for his family Okonkwo is
D. Disrespectful to traditional office holders Umuofia is
E. Rude and unfeeling the priestess is

Question 163:

• JAMB 1984

'...A man who calls his kinsmen to feast does not do so to save them from staving. they all have food in their houses. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound.'
In this passage, as in many other parts of Things Fall Apart, Achebe celebrates

A. Living according to nature
B. The spirit of communal living
C. The ancestral spirit
D. The virtures of self reliance
E. Traditional festivals

Question 164:

• JAMB 1984

We can take you where he is, and perhaps your men will help us.
In the above sentence taken from Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the pronoun he refers to

A. Obierika
B. Okoli
C. Odukwe
D. Okonkwo
E. Ezenwa.

Question 165:

• JAMB 1985

'He was a living example of the astonishing results that can occur when Western hypocrisy and commercial materialism are grafted on to a first rate African intelligence.'
The character described in the passage is the father of

A. Niam
B. Endongolo
C. Zambo
D. Medza
E. Duckfoot Johnny