Plot - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 271:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Hardy makes the novel realistic by

A. Interspersing humour with seious narration
B. Denying the characters any from of transformation
C. Adhering strictly to autolographical facts
D. Narrating the story in the first person

Question 272:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Laye learns early in life that his society respects

A. Spirits and ghosts
B. Human beings and spirits
C. Animals and witches
D. Gold and magicians

Question 273:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The father permits his son to go to Paris because he

A. Sees no future in traditional African ways
B. Is encouraged by the missionaries
C. Wants him to be future leader
D. Wishes to free him from blacksmithing

Question 274:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
The novel is a mixture of

A. Fiction and fantasy
B. The objective and the absurd
C. Pessimism and optimism
D. The real and the supermatural

Question 275:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen.
In Adah's view, the white society in the novel is one in which

A. There is communal feeling
B. Neighbourliness is lacking
C. Neighbours live happily
D. Members are unifriendly