Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 191:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.
'It ish only becaush of your late feda that we have been sho shilent. When we came to thish town and had nowhere to shtay, hw gave ush shelter, then let ush work on hish farm and fed ush there
He ish the one we are yeshpecting '.
This passage is written in this way in order to show that the speaker

A. Cannot spell correctly
B. Cannot speak English correctly
C. Is a stranger
D. Is very angry

Question 192:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.Miss Havisham was a nasty, vindictive recluse because she was

A. Born an eccentric
B. Cruelly ill-used by a man
C. By nature nasty and shy of company
D. Badly brought up

Question 193:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.'On the rampage, Pip and off the rampage, rip; - such is Life!Joe summarized his wife's behaviour in this way after Mrs. Gergery's quarrel with

A. Pip
B. Orlick
C. Joe
D. Biddy

Question 194:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.Pip is made most conscious of his ingratitude to Joe Margery through

A. The complaints of Biddy
B. The pretensions of Pumblechook
C. His rejection by Estella
D. The death of his sister

Question 195:

• 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