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

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In its classic form, the short story is distinguished by its

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

The tone of Kofi Awoonor’s The Cathedral’ is one of

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The dominant images in ‘She Came in Silken Drapes’ are

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.

”As if men hung here unblown,

Their mildewed buds of love like pollen

Late caught, damp in a swollen …

The sound device in the stanza above from

Kalu Uka”s ”Earth to Earth” is

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
In Acholonu’s ‘The Dissidents’ Amadioha is portrayed as a god that is

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The moon of the persona in Nortje’s ‘Nightfall’ is one of

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The subject matter of Kassam’s ‘Maji Maji is

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
The arrangement of David Diop’s ‘Loser of Everything’ in two stanzas reflects his use of

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
‘On the sand hill her footprints Gleam like a prisoner’s chain
The lines above from Mohan Singh’s .
‘A village girl’ suggest the girl’s

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
Donne’s ‘Death, be not proud” is

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
In Robert Frost’s ‘Wild Grapes’, the girl’s brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to

This question is based on S.I. Osammor’s The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The language of the novel is generally

This question is based on S.I. Osammor’s The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The plot of the novel is

This question is based on S.I. Osammor’s The Triumph of the Water Lily.
The attitude of the narrator to religion in the novel is

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm,
In the novel, Boxer is respected for his

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm,
The overthrow of Jones happens sooner than expected because the animals

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm,
The dominant technique in the book is

This question is based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm,
In the novel, ‘animalism’ is a system of thought that emphasizes

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses To Tears
The stealing of three thousand naira by the messenger and the manner of its presentation can be interpreted as Gimba’s

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses To Tears
The subject matter of the novel is

This question is based on Abubakar Gimba’s Witnesses To Tears
The events in the novel span