Textual Analysis - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 291:

• 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 292:

• 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 293:

• 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 294:

• 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 295:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child.
Which of these features give the novel an African setting ?

A. Marabouts, spirits and family life
B. Family life, death and marabouts
C. Blacksmiths, spirits and magicians
D. Spirits, magicians and death