Literature in English JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

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This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
The oilbean in Christopher Okigbo’s ‘The Passage refers to

  • A. one of the totems of Idoto
  • B. the only totem of Idoto
  • C. the abundance of oilbean trees by the river
  • D. the use of the oilbean for magical purposes
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44

This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.
‘And since we did not understand our dead since we have never listened to their cries
If we weep gently….’
What heart will listen to our clamouring ‘Vanity’ expresses

  • A. regret and disappointment
  • B. disillusion and despair
  • C. disdain and disgust
  • D. satisfaction and pleasure
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45
From the novel; Arms and the Man

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man.
The play ends on a note of

  • A. cynicism
  • B. idealism
  • C. realism
  • D. despair
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46
From the novel; Arms and the Man

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man.
The initial reluctance of the Petkoff’s family to accept Bluntschli’s marriage proposition to Raina was on the account of his

  • A. Major Petkoff
  • B. Captain Bluntschli
  • C. Catherine
  • D. Raina
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47
From the novel; Arms and the Man

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man.
‘Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?
According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was

  • A. an irrepressible Casanovan trait
  • B. a chronic baromial temperament
  • C. a hard boiled classical disposition
  • D. an incurably romantic disposition
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48
From the novel; Arms and the Man

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man.
…What would Sergius, the hero of Slivnitza, say if he saw me now? What would Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?
What would the half dozen Sergiuses who keep popping in and out of this handsome figure of mine say if they caught us here?”
These questions are addressed to

  • A. Louka
  • B. Sophia
  • C. Raina
  • D. Catherine
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49
From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel

This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel.
Lakunle:… To fetch and carry
To cook and scrub
To bring forth children by the gross
Sidi: Heaven forgive you! Do you now scorn child bearing in a wife?
What would Lakunle rather prefer to accomplish before child bearing ?

  • A. Good kissing habit
  • B. Formal education
  • C. Racial and sexual equality
  • D. Church wedding
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50
From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel

This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel.
The immediate consequence of the publication of Sidi’s pictures is to make her

  • A. want to marry the photographer
  • B. feel more important than Baroka
  • C. want to go to the city
  • D. appreciate Lakunle's learning
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