Plot - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 176:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.In the character of Mrs. Pocket, Dickens satirizes

A. Cruelty to servants
B. Aristocratic snobbery
C. Gossiping females
D. Over-indulgent parents

Question 177:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'I had little objection to his being seen by Herbert or his father for both of whom I had a respect; but I had the sharpest sensitiveness as to his being seen by Drummle, whom I held in contempt. So throughout life our worst weakness and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.Who is the person whose expected visit is being discussed here?

A. Abel Magwich
B. Mr. Wopsle
C. Mr Punblechook
D. Joe Gargery

Question 178:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'But he had to go out, he had to go and borrow some money, If only one naira so that he and his wife could eat if only one naira ! But who would lend him the money? He didn't know. Friends were few indeed. Nobody would lend him money knowing fully well that he hadn't the means to pay back' Violence by Festus Lyayi The greater emphasis in this passage is on the

A. Feling of doubt
B. Feeling of despair
C. Feeling of desperation
D. Sence of failure

Question 179:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'Detur Son-of-God had only one job hence-forward that evening: to keep an almost over solicitous eye on my glass. Even when I forgot to drink for some time the young man would come over to me and whisper in my ear:'' Come on old fellow, drink up and let me give you another. Do you want to stop me getting into Heaven?'' Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti The mood of the quotation in this passage is

A. Tragically comic
B. Deadly serious
C. Playfully serious
D. Humorously comic

Question 180:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'In any case with the help of the loyal armed forces thank God, the incipient revolt had been quickly mastered, and the recalcitrant farmers had been finally persuaded back into fulfilling their patriotic duties of starving in order that the rulers might live and belch'. Kolera Koleji by Femi Osofisan The two most prominent weapons of satire in this passage are

A. Understatement and hyperbole
B. Irony and metaphor
C. Simile and personification
D. Irony and understatement