Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 226:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
'If you can procreate without loving, merely to satisfy the pride of your declining mother, then I' find you despicable...'
Whose words are these?

A. Aissatou
B. Ramatoulaye
C. Young Nabou
D. Jacqueline

Question 227:

• JAMB 1991

This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter
''...The sugar-daddy of the boutique dresses wants to marry Binetou. Just imagine...'''
What is ironical about this statement ?

A. The speaker is Binetou's friend
B. The sugar-daddy is the speaker's husband
C. Binetou is the speaker's rival
D. The sugar-daddy is the speaker's father

Question 228:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
'Ah, you know, the chichidodo is a bird
The chichidodo hates excrement with all its soul.
But the chichidodo only feeds on maggots, and you know the maggots grow best inside the lavatory. This is the chichidodo'.
Which character in the novel is likened to his bird?

A. Koomson
B. Oyo
C. The man
D. Teacher

Question 229:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
The use of the word 'salt' in the novel is suggestive of

A. The corruption in political life
B. An indispensable commodity
C. The destruction of social values
D. An instrument of decay and of cleansing

Question 230:

• JAMB 1992

This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born'.
The use of the word 'salt' in the novel is suggestive of

A. The corruption in political life
B. An indispensable commodity
C. The destruction of social values
D. An instrument of decay and of cleansing