PROSE - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 181:

• JAMB 1985

The characters of Joe and Biddy are contrasted with those of Pip and Estella in order to show

A. The advantages of formal education
B. The advantages of simplicity, sincerity and true love
C. The advantages of of sophisticated high-class living
D. The difference between urban and rural people
E. That constrast is an inevitable aspect of characterization in a novel.

Question 182:

• JAMB 1985

A 'gentleman' in the sense in which it is used in Great Expectations is

A. A man of wealth
B. A chivalrous young man
C. An educated man of some means
D. A man who has inherited a fortune
E. A man who lives in a big city.

Question 183:

• JAMB 1985

As Medza was getting near to his village on his way from Kala he drinks at the palm wine bar because

A. Because he wants to patronize the local drink
B. He is very happy to return to his village
C. He is very thirsty
D. He wants to pick up courage to face his father
E. His journey has been very successful.

Question 184:

• JAMB 1985

'It was at this stage in the proceedings, before i had even had time to get my personal emotions quietened down a little-let alone sorted out-that my Helen, the real object of my mission, for whom i had been prepared to fight a second Troy before the walls of Kala, appeared on the scene.
In this passage from Mission to Kala, allusion is made to

A. Brazilian legend
B. Greek mythology
C. French cosmology
D. American history
E. African folklore.

Question 185:

• JAMB 1985

In Mission to Kala When Medza encounters Edima,
what strikes him about her is her

A. Ability to speak well
B. Confidence in her self
C. Slender figure
D. Aggressiveness
E. Childlike innicence