JAMB Literature in English 2017 Past Questions

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son

The story is narrated using the

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as

Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

"Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?..."

The speaker in the excerpt above is

"The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

Piano and Drums according to Okara's Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options.

The stressed syllables are written in capital letters departmental

A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called ___

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined

Vice

This question is based on William Shakespheare's Othello

“ ...Fathers, from hence trust not daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ”

In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are

How many stanza and lines does William Moris' poem "the proud king" has?

Choose the option that has the same rhymes with the given word

Account

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

One of the thematic preoccupations of Awooner's The Anvil and the Hammer is

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.

The cap-picking ceremony is to

This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations.

A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone's death is _______?

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

(ACP Yakubu in his office)...

How can that old crook of a Judge acquit and discharge a very clear case of cocaine pushing. What evidence is he looking for?...' The technique used in the excerpt above is called

"And blossoms blown away"

The line above from William Blake's poem " The school boy" is an example of

Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus?

A character whose name is also the source of the title of the narrative is called ___?

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless

The dominant tone of the novel is one of

Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

It can be deduced from the play that

This question is based on General Literary principle

Myths differ from legend inn that myths

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son.

This novel can be described as

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

In Morris' The Proud King, Jovinian assembled the throne when he was

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

"Though I do hate him as I do pains, yet for necessity of present life, I must show out a flag and sign of love, which is indeed but sign..."

The speaker of the excerpt above can be described as

This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

&lsquo ...where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf. &rsquo

The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?

"Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face"

The excerpt above exemplifies _______?

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

&lsquoIf goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast'&rsquo

The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is

This question is based on William Shakesphere's Othello.

"...Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?....."

The speaker in the excerpt above addresses _______?

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

The Two dominant themes of the play are

Choose the option that has the same rhymes with the given word

Pad

This question is based on General Literacy Principles

At the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________?

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

The play portrays the judiciary as

This question is based on General Literacy Principles

A prose work which centres on moral growth and character formation of an individual is called

This question is based on Selec ted Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

“...where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf ”

The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?

This question is based on Amma Darko's Faceless

The narrative style adopted in the novel is

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

“ How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world ” Anne Frank The Diary of a young Girl

The writer of the passage above is ________?

This question is based on General Literacy Principles

An example of a narrative poem is ________?

Thus question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

Two dominat themes of the play are __________?

This question is based on Literary.

Our third jailer made little or me. He was one of the many struggled in order to feed their families. Be seemed to be very much controlled by the other two. Elechi Amadi Sunset in Biafra

The speaker's attitude towards the jailer in the passage above is that of

This question is based on General Literacy Principles

A literacy device wherein the author places a person, concept, idea or theme parallel to another is ________?

"I can stand well enough and I speak well enough". The excerpt above exemplifies ___ ?

Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters

Judiciary

This question is based on Amma Darko's Facesless.

The street phenomenon in the novel is a universal theme because

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Othello.

According to the highest estimate, how many ships in the Turkish fleet were said to head for the Island of Cyprus?

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

Tennyon's Crossing the Bar is ________?

This question is based on Faceless by Amma Darko

What is the reason that caused Odarley's mother to send him away from home?

_______ In literature is the sequential arrangement of events in a creative work

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

Who impregnated Aloho?

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days

Yaremi's main job is