Literature in English 2011 JAMB Past Questions
Literature in English 2011 JAMB Past Questions
1
These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
From it's resolution of conflicts, the play can be described as a
From it's resolution of conflicts, the play can be described as a
- A. tragedy
- B. farce
- C. melo drama
- D. comedy
Correct Answer: Option B
2
These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
The prevailing theme of the play is
The prevailing theme of the play is
- A. love
- B. social decadence
- C. self-will
- D. affluence
Correct Answer: Option C
3
These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
The final harassment of Maanan takes place in
The final harassment of Maanan takes place in
- A. Ofosu's office
- B. Lawyer B's chamber
- C. Ofosu's house
- D. Lawyer B's house
Correct Answer: Option C
4
'Everything in this room outrages my sense of beauty, undermine my will to create pictures of lasting appeal...'
The speaker in the quotation above is
The speaker in the quotation above is
- A. Happy
- B. Excited
- C. Tired
- D. Frusrated
Correct Answer: Option D
5
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
'Farewell.- God knows when we shall meet again, I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.
I'll call them back again to comfort me.
Nurse!-What should she do here?
My dismal scene i need must act alone. Come, vial'.
The intention of the speaker above is to
'Farewell.- God knows when we shall meet again, I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.
I'll call them back again to comfort me.
Nurse!-What should she do here?
My dismal scene i need must act alone. Come, vial'.
The intention of the speaker above is to
- A. commit suicide
- B. commit murder
- C. escape from harsh realities of life
- D. take a temporary harmful substance
Correct Answer: Option A
6
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The play reaches reaches the point of denouement
The play reaches reaches the point of denouement
- A. at the family feast
- B. at the reconciliation of the feuding families
- C. when Romeo is informed of Juliet's death
- D. when Romeo kills Paris at the tomb
Correct Answer: Option C
7
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The news of Juliet's death is broken to Romeo in Mantua by
The news of Juliet's death is broken to Romeo in Mantua by
- A. Balthasar
- B. Boy C
- C. Friar John
- D. Friar Lawrence
Correct Answer: Option A
8
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
In the play, Mercutio can be described as
In the play, Mercutio can be described as
- A. fraudulent
- B. gentle
- C. kind-hearted
- D. quarellsome
Correct Answer: Option C
9
These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The plot of the play is
The plot of the play is
- A. simple
- B. convoluted
- C. chronological
- D. complicated
Correct Answer: Option D
10
These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.
The heavy downpour on the night of Meka's investiture symbolises.
The heavy downpour on the night of Meka's investiture symbolises.
- A. revelation
- B. conviction
- C. blessing
- D. mockery
Correct Answer: Option D
These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.11. Vandermayer's attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the church's
- A. despondency
- B. infuriation
- C. hypocrisy
- D. suspicion
Correct Answer: Option B
12
These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.
'As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up,puffing up and
then deflating the skin under his chin'.
The subject of description in the line above is
'As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up,puffing up and
then deflating the skin under his chin'.
The subject of description in the line above is
- A. the high commissioner
- B. the white chief
- C. M.Fuuconi
- D. M. Pipinia
Correct Answer: Option A
13
These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.
For attempted murder , Nnaife was jailed for
For attempted murder , Nnaife was jailed for
- A. four months
- B. five months
- C. two months
- D. three months
Correct Answer: Option D
14
These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.
In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and
In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and
- A. height
- B. illiteracy
- C. wealth
- D. treachery
Correct Answer: Option C
15
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
The novel draws a picture of
The novel draws a picture of
- A. a useless past
- B. an unstable moment
- C. a peaceful atmosphere
- D. a totalitarian future
Correct Answer: Option B
16
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
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 strenght in diversity of culture and traditional views
- D. ensuring that traditions and beliefs were strictly observed
Correct Answer: Option B
17
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
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
Correct Answer: Option B
18
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 Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through
In Naked soles, Adeoti writes that the carnival of naked soles dances through
- A. scorching sun
- B. blooming thorns
- C. a cloudy atmosphere
- D. a dirty room
Correct Answer: Option A
19
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
The novel can be described as
The novel can be described as
- A. optimistic
- B. persuasive
- C. pessimistic
- D. antagonistic
Correct Answer: Option A
20
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
Room 101 symbolizes a place oF
Room 101 symbolizes a place oF
- A. rest
- B. humiliation
- C. torture
- D. fun
Correct Answer: Option C
21
These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winton's dreams of
The power and oppression of an irresistible evil debased Winton's dreams of
- A. freedom and democracy
- B. wealth and capitalism
- C. sovereignty
- D. internal security
Correct Answer: Option B
22
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 Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation,the persona is concerned with the
in Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation,the persona is concerned with the
- A. people's struggle for survival
- B. intolerance of the new generation
- C. celebration of African tradition
- D. criticism of modern tradition
Correct Answer: Option A
23
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.
Launko's End of the War portrays the
Launko's End of the War portrays the
- A. silence of battlefield
- B. irony of life
- C. arrangement of war
- D. usefulness of praise singers
Correct Answer: Option B
24
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.
'Woman cannot exist except by man
What is there in that to vex some of them so?
The statement above from the poem Give Me The Minstrel's Seat.exemplifies
'Woman cannot exist except by man
What is there in that to vex some of them so?
The statement above from the poem Give Me The Minstrel's Seat.exemplifies
- A. litotes
- B. transferred epithet
- C. synechdoche
- D. rhetorical question
Correct Answer: Option D
25
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.
Marvell, in To His Coy Mistress uses the imagery of death to
Marvell, in To His Coy Mistress uses the imagery of death to
- A. appreciates God's power
- B. condemn the lady
- C. scare the lady
- D. underscore life's transcience
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