JAMB Literature in English 2014 Past Questions

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, the gods are portrayed as

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Orisaye describes Balogun Kusa as

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Erelu is

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Balogun Kusa is killed by a

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Ariel is identified as

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Before the shipwreck that occurred at the beginning of the play, Prospero and his daughter lived in the island for

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Caliban's intention to rape Miranda is born out of the desire to

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,the character associated with savagery in the play is

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Prospero is portrayed as a man who is

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the novel explores the theme of

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the worst calamity that can befall a woman is

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime,Asogo is a game in which

Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, one of the changes introduced into St Agnes' Church by Father Benedict is that

Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, Eugene Achike in the novel is portrayed as

Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, in the Achike family,the character who is central to the theme is

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the type of fish caught by Santiago after days of effort is

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,the novel demonstrates the

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,Santiago's second dream occurs

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The dominant image in Adeoti's Hard Lines is

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The tone of Umeh's Ambassadors of Poverty can be described as

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

In Owonibi's Homeless, not Hopeless, the persona explains that street beggars

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

Cheney-Coker's Myopia is a

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

Jared Angira is an African Poet from

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The dominant technique used in Serenade is

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The sun in Donne's The Sun Rising is depicted through the use of

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

In Raleigh's The Soul's Errand, the soul is portrayed as a

The allusion in Hughe's The Negro Speaks of Rivers is mainly

Fletcher's Upon An Honest Man's Fortune encourages people to

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

A device in drama where a character speaks alone is

A plot in a literary work is about

Tone and mood of a poem refers to

A funny incident within a serious situation is

In literature, a flat character can be described as one who

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

The speech made at the end of a dramatic performance is generally called

Which of the following is central to narrative friction ?

He put himself in uniform, made one for
his five-year-old son, and marched with
the infant from dawn till noon every
market day, on the main road singing
'Kayiwawa beturi...

The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

He is a faithful liar
The line above is an example of

Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

And when you trudge on one horny Pads Gullied
like the soles of modern shoes Pads that even
jiggers cannot conquer

Horny pads in the lines above is a reference to a

"Lift not the painted veil which those who live
call life:through unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it mimic all we would believe
With colors idly spread,-behind, lurk fear.'

P.B. Shelley:Sonnet

The stanza above is an example of a

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'

Mbure:To a Bed-Bug
The lines above are an example of a

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'

Mbure:To a Bed-Bug
From the lines above, the poet persona expresses dismay about

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'

Mbure:To a Bed-Bug

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpts above is

You
Your head is like a drum that is beaten
for spirits
Your ears are like the fans used for
blowing fire.

The lines above are a good example of

'This thing you are doing is too heavy
for you, he said.'I went to school only a little
but i have killed many more years in this
world than you have.'

G. Okara: The Voice

It can be inferred from the the passage above that the