Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 176:

• JAMB 1986

'Why the hell can't some of you caught him for me
Are you going to let a boy make a public laughing stock of his own father?
The speaker of these words is the father of

A. Bikokolo
B. Niam
C. Albert
D. Medza.

Question 177:

• JAMB 1986

From Madza's behavior after his return to Kala
it can be deduced that the most important lesson he learned from his sojourn in Kala is that

A. The secret of happiness is to be found among unsophisticated Africans
B. Every man is free to set his own goals and chart his own course in life
C. Formal education is the ideal way to true wisdom
D. It is highly rewarding to abide scrupulously by the mores of one's own community.

Question 178:

• JAMB 1986

The protagonist of Charles Dicken's Great Expectations is

A. Drummle
B. Magwitch
C. Miss Havishman
D. Pip.

Question 179:

• JAMB 1986

The effect of Pip's association with the inmates of Satis house was made to make him

A. Realize that he was an orphan
B. Despair of even being a gentle man
C. Aspire to improve his education and make himself less common
D. Love Biddy more ardently.

Question 180:

• JAMB 1986

Joe Gargery is important in Great Expectations mainly because he

A. Is used as a foil to Pip
B. Provides the comedy in the story
C. Helped to bring Pip up by hand
D. Nursed Pip when he was sick in London.