PROSE - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 171:

• JAMB 1984

Achebe's Things Fall Apart, can be described as a

A. Regional novel
B. Detective novel
C. Romatic novel
D. Historical novel
E. Novel of social criticism.

Question 172:

• JAMB 1984

'When the district Commissioner arrived at Okonkwo's compound at the head of an armed band of Soldiers and court messengers he found a small crowd of men sitting wearily in the "obi" He commanded them to come outside, and they obeyed without a murmur'
This passage from Things Fall Apart suggests that one of the reasons why traditional African society disintegrated was that Africans are

A. Weary lazy people
B. Very docile people
C. Peace-loving people
D. Military weak people
E. Inferior beings compare to white people.h

Question 173:

• 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 174:

• 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 175:

• 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