PROSE - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 486:

• JAMB 2014

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite

A. Warm and friendly
B. Cautious and skeptical
C. Hostile and callous
D. Careless and indifferent

Question 487:

• JAMB 2014

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,Santiago's second dream occurs

A. When he sleeps on the boat for a few hours
B. The night before his fishing expedition
C. In his house
D. At the end of the book

Question 488:

• JAMB 2021

The message of the novel is that

A. Capitalism is as bad as communism
B. Humanism is better than animalism
C. Communism is better than capitalism
D. No society exists where everyone is equal

Question 489:

• JAMB 2021

Questions 31 - 33 are based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are dormed by

A. A premonition of his death
B. Lahab's doubtful morality
C. Hussaina's immaturity
D. His fear of loneliness

Question 490:

• JAMB 2021

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are

A. Saahir and Lahab
B. Lahab and Hussaina
C. Lahab and Sagiir
D. Al-Amin and Hussaina