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

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
The first stanza of Eliot’s The Journey of the Magi depicts the

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
In Lawrence’s Bat the poet’s attitude to bat is one of

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked SolesIn Marvel’s To His Coy Mistress the poet-persona tries to

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
According to Give Me The Minstrel’s Seat,,/b> a woman is

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
The end of Give Me The Minstrel’s seatseems to suggest that one needs the

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
‘The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow’s anguish.’
The widow in the lines above in Launko’s End of the War is in anguish because of the

The phrase the sunset in Kunene’s A Heritage of Liberation refers to

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
‘Pregnant clouds
Ride Safely on its back’
pregnant clouds in Rubadiri’s An African Thunderstorm implies

This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; 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; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
Thorn in Adeotiu’s Naked Soles symbolizes

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood
”look at me jubilant for being given another opportunity to live longer, and see this foolish woman eager to end her own life when her maker is not yet ready for her…”
The opportunity referred to in the extract above is

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood
In the society of Nwokocha Agbadi, a man’s social rating is determined by his

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood
What prompts Nnu Ego to run to the effigy of her Chi is that

This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal
In the novel, Africanness is achieved in both

This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal
The only two sons of Meka die fighting for

This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono’s The Old Man and the Medal
” We are here to die of rage! say die of rage because this time the uncircumcised have gone too far…”
The word uncircumcised in the statement above by Nti refers to

This question is based on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
The main concern of Winston in the novel is to

This question is based on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
Newspeak, the official language of Oceania, is devised to

This question is based on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of the themes of the novel is

This question is based on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
In the novel, the party approves the separation of couples only

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare depicts love and idealism through the

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
The atmosphere of tragedy in the play is created through the use of