JAMB Literature in English 2021 Past Questions

The repetition of a consonant sound in quick succession of sound effect is 

A play in which the acts succeed on another without probable or necessary sequence is 

A technique by which a previous scene or action can be recalled in a play to shed light on the present action is 

Criticism is a literary activity which seeks to 

A situation where an actor addresses the audience without the other actors hearing him is called 

A band of singers and dancers in drama who acts as a link between the play and the audience is the 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Persona refers to the 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The three main unities in drama are those of

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

An elegy is a poem that mourns for the 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A melodramatic play is based on 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Romantic poetry emphasizes 

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, 'Oculi, Orphan'. These lines illustrate the use of 

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

In the play, social change is achieved through 

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

Titubi joins the farmer's revolt 

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The re-enactment of the Moremi legend in the play can be described as 

This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

The stage direction at the end of the play reveals 

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair' The statement above characterizes 

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

According to the play, the Duke of illyria is fascinated by 

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

DUKE:... Thou know'st no less but all; I have unclasped to thee the book even of my secret soul. What exactly has the Duke unclasped? 

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

'I'll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

The significance of the sub-plot dealing with Feste, Toby and Maria is the expression of life's

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

What would you consider to be the major theme of the play?

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are dormed by

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

The witnesses to the tears in the novel are 

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

The novel is largely set in 

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to 

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

The execution of some of the animals on the orders of Napoleon is to

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

The message of the novel is that 

This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

Characterization in the play is

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

The play is pre occupied with

This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is 

In Angira's Expelled, the poet persona laments the 

Fletcher's Upon An Honest Man's Fortune achieves its lyrical effect through the use of

Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh's The Soul's Errand through the use of