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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Jamb Literature In English Questions

Question 1:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?
  • A He is a man of God
  • B He distributes gifts to his followers
  • C He foretells their future
  • D He manipulates them
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Question 2:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Which of the following qualities best describes Jero's ability to keep his followers?
  • A He is a man of God
  • B He distributes gifts to his followers
  • C He foretells their future
  • D He manipulates them
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Question 3:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
JERO: In that case, since, Brother Chume,
your wife seems such a wicked, willful sinner,
I think ....
CHUME: Yes, Holy One...?
JERO: You must take her home tonight...
Jero concedes to Chume taking his wife home and beating her in order to
  • A Keep his secret secret
  • B Get the beating out of the way quickly
  • C Enable jero get into his house
  • D Keep Chume's loyalty
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Question 4:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
CHUME: Who said you were? Does the prophet live here?
SAME MAN: Yes. Over there. That house
CHUME: So...so..so...s...
Chume's reaction in the exchange above reflects
  • A Disappointment
  • B Rumination
  • C Contemplation
  • D Awareness
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Question 5:
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's
The Trials of Brother Jero.
Jero's opening speech in the is a
  • A Soliloquy
  • B Monologue
  • C Narrative
  • D Confession
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