PROSE - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 206:

• JAMB 1988

This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.
The story in the book is told from the point of view of

A. Nwabunor
B. Obanua
C. A first person narrator
D. A third person narrator

Question 207:

• 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 208:

• 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 209:

• 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 210:

• 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