JAMB Literature in English 2018

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Question 19

In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, what is Room 101 principally a place of?

  1. rest
  2. fun
  3. humiliation
  4. torture
Answer and explanation

D: torture

Room 101 confronts prisoners with their most terrifying fear to break their resistance. Torture is therefore the precise function, while humiliation describes only one possible effect.

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Question 27

Why does Othello kill Desdemona?

  1. Othello is jealous
  2. Othello’s race is insulted
  3. Desdemona is a witch
  4. Desdemona is an idol
Answer and explanation

A: Othello is jealous

Iago’s deception convinces Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful, and jealous suspicion drives the killing. The play establishes neither witchcraft nor an insult by her to his race as the cause.

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