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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb 1986 Literature In English Questions

Question 11:
In Mission To Kala, Medza regarded himself as a professional failure because he
  • A He did not seem to have any particular plans forn his life
  • B Had a bad reputation at college as a person with bad manners
  • C Failed to bring back Niam's wife
  • D Failed to understand his father.
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Question 12:
Medza's Mission To Kala was important mainly because it
  • A Helped him to make acquaintance with his relations in Kala
  • B Enabled him to discover Edima
  • C Gave him the glory of bringing back Niam's wife
  • D Made him discover the realities of the condition of colonized people.
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Question 13:
The attitude of the young men of Kala towards their chief can be described as
  • A Disdainful
  • B Suspicious
  • C Disrespectful
  • D Courteous.
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Question 14:
'Why the hell can't some of you caught him for me
Are you going to let a boy make a public laughing stock of his own father?
The speaker of these words is the father of
  • A Bikokolo
  • B Niam
  • C Albert
  • D Medza.
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Question 15:
From Madza's behavior after his return to Kala
it can be deduced that the most important lesson he learned from his sojourn in Kala is that
  • A The secret of happiness is to be found among unsophisticated Africans
  • B Every man is free to set his own goals and chart his own course in life
  • C Formal education is the ideal way to true wisdom
  • D It is highly rewarding to abide scrupulously by the mores of one's own community.
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