Plot - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days


Yaremi's main job is

A. Selling cassava
B. Harvesting cassava
C. Dyeing taffeta cloths
D. Sewing taffeta cloths

Question 17:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on Faceless by Amma Darko

What is the reason that caused Odarley's mother to send him away from home?

A. She chose to go to the street
B. Her mother remarried
C. She steals her mother things
D. She wants to poison her boyfriend

Question 18:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.


According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus?

A. 107
B. 230
C. 200
D. 140

Question 19:

• JAMB 2017

This question is based on William Shakesphere's Othello.


"...Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?....."


The speaker in the excerpt above addresses _______?

A. Othello
B. Lago
C. Brabantio
D. Roderigo

Question 20:

• JAMB 2017

Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus?

A. Cassio
B. Lago
C. Montano
D. Gratiano