LITERARY APPRECIATION - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 1978

One of the following writers is better known as a playwright than as a novelist

A. C.Achebe
B. C.Ekwensi
C. W.Soyinka
D. J.P. Clark
E. E.G. Okara

Question 42:

• JAMB 1979

Although the following statement is not a direct quotation from any books,it serves as as an aid to identifying characters that appear in the works.Read it carefully and say which character is likely to make it: 'How could i have succumbed to the pressures of the corrupt society?I thought i would be a successful social reformer but now i am as bad as those i criticize'

A. Ihuoma
B. Tom
C. Clara
D. Emenike
E. Obi Okonkwo

Question 43:

• JAMB 1979

The Concubine
'Ihuoma,my child' Wigwe began at last,'really i ought to have come here with more people,but i have avoided formalities because i want to spare myself any embarrassment.Formalities will come later if all goes well'.
Wigwe has come to Ihuoma in order to

A. Marry her clandestinely
B. Gain her consent before coming with relations
C. Persuade her to marry his own son
D. Dissuade her from marrying his own son
E. Inquire about her health

Question 44:

• JAMB 1979

She rose up.She walked up to the table.She stirred up the food once more,and lifted it up from the hot plate.She picked up the second pan and placed it on the red coils.From underneath,in the cardboard box,she collected two enamel plates green with a red band.she wiped them with a white napkin hanging on the line over the bed.she brought out two forks and two spoons.
By using details, the author of the above passage makes the scene

A. Monotonous
B. Unattractive
C. Realistic
D. Bewildering
E. Strange

Question 45:

• JAMB 1979

We returned to our places,these kingdoms ,
But no longer at ease here,in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their goods.
I should be glad of another death.
The author of these lines is

A. W.B. Yeats
B. Chinua Achebe
C. Thomas Hardy
D. T.S. Elliot
E. E.G. Okara