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

THIS QUESTION IS BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM wOLE sOYINKA (ED) pOEMS OF BLACK AFRICA, E.K. SENANU AND T. VINCENT (EDS.) SELECTION OF AFRICAN POETRY AND E.W. PARKER (ED.) A PAGEANT OF LONGER POEMS.

The effect of the repetition of the words
‘There where’ in Lenne Peters’ The Fence’ is that

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

;….I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er’.
Who spoke these words?

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

……Out, out, brief candle!….
This statement was made when

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Which of the following is the most fitting moral lesson that the reader can derive from the play?

This question is based on Ola Rotimi’s Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

GALLWAY (untying a parcel). ‘Your Highness, our Queen, Her Royal Majesty Queen Victoria, asks us to extend her very best wishes to you;…… What is contained in the parcel which Gallway unties?

This question is based on Ola Rotimi’s Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

‘Go tell Overami that he has nothing to fear from the white men in matter of fair play….’

In the above statement, the White man expects Ovonramwen to

This question is based on Ola Rotimi’s Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

‘Not much. tell Queen Victoria that at last the big pot of corn been toppled; now mother hen and her children may rejoice!’

The phrase ‘mother hen and her children’ in the passage above refers to

This question is based on Ola Rotimi’s Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

At the end of Ovonramwen’s discussion with Gallway and Hutton, one can conclude that Ovonramwen is

This question is based on Ola Rotimi’s Ovonramwen Nogbaisi.

Forget self! Forget status! let power die so that Benin may live!….
Iyase’s entreaty comes when

This question is based on Literary Principles.
” The road was endless. One road led to a thousand others. Which in turn fed into paths, which fed into dirt tracks, which become streets, which ended in avenues and cul-de-sacs”
The Famished Road by Ben Okri.
The description above suggests

This question is based on Literary Principles.
‘Poor bastard,
Dumped on the ground to make room
For his nocturnal fathers,
Or on the mat to spend his horrid nights
Among the steaming pots of food
And walking rats.’
”The Bastard” by B.S. Tibenderana
The picture presented above is one of

This question is based on Literary Principles.
Going up the river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big trees were kings An empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest. The air was warm, thick, heavy, sluggish. ‘
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
The landscape described in the passage above is

This question is based on Literary Principles.
‘So Children,
If per chance you see a here that roars
Or an ape perched in a palanquin,
Look on in silence..’
‘Africa by David Diop
This excerpt exemplifies

This question is based on Literary Principles.
‘Slowly the silence on the mountain-top deepened till the click of the fire and the soft hiss of roasting meat could be heard clearly…
Lord of the Files by William Golding
‘Soft hiss of roasting meat’ in the passage above refers to the

This question is based on Literary Principles.
” Old father, old artificer
bear me now and ever in good stead”
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ by James Joyce.
The word ‘artificer’ describes

This question is based on Literary Principles.
‘Excitedly, Faku announced Garba’s intention to marry her immediately and settle in the city. Garba was ”tired of the village” and yearned to go ” back to civilization.” Faku had caught the city fever too and could not wait to leave the village.
The Stillborn by Zaynab Alkali.
Which of the following words best describes the writer’s attitude to urban life?

This question is based on Literary Principles.
‘The morning mist
and chimney smoke
of White City Jabavu
flowed thick yellow
as pus oozing
from a gigantic sore’
‘An Abandoned Bundle’ by Oswald M. Mtsha ‘i
The simile above gives rise to

This question is based on Literary Principles.
”’Yet lunchtime ”
Without thinking of what of what he was saying
the man tapped out, ‘Not food’.
Insu Siding answered, ‘Plenty here”.
And a conversation had begun.
”Lucky”.
”Come. Transfer. Easy”
”Can’t.”
”Why?”
”Secret.”
”Familu?”
”Secret”.
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by A.K. Armah.
This is an example of a dialogue that is

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
‘…let the greying day grow
….let the evening horns blow
….let the melting mountains go
….but let the sundown sow”
To Wole with Love’ by Atukwei Okai
The use of the words ‘melting mountains’ is

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
‘Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;.
The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
The figure of speech used here is

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The stylistic device that uses the name of one thing to describe another is called a