Jamb Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2011
Question 11
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The plot of the play is
- A. simple
- B. convoluted
- C. chronological
- D. complicated
Question 12
From the novel; Romeo and Juliet
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
In the play, Mercutio can be described as
- A. fraudulent
- B. gentle
- C. kind-hearted
- D. quarellsome
Question 13
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
In Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm,
the thunderstorm begins with
- A. rain from the west
- B. rain from the east
- C. clouds from the west
- D. clouds from the east
Question 14
These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.
The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is
- A. the conflict of traditions
- B. the futility of man and his tradition
- C. the strength in diversity of culture and traditional views
- D. ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed
Question 15
From the novel; Nineteen Eighty-Four
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
The novel draws a picture of
- A. a useless past
- B. a totalitarian future
- C. an unstable moment
- D. a peaceful atmosphere
