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

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Othello.

“Though I do hate him as I do pains, yet for necessity of present life, I must show out a flag and sign of love, which is indeed but sign…”

The speaker of the excerpt above can be described as

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

In Morris’ The Proud King, Jovinian assembled the throne when he was

This question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son.

This novel can be described as

This question is based on General Literary principle

Myths differ from legend in that myths

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption

It can be deduced from the play that

This question is based on Amma Darko’s Faceless

The dominant tone of the novel is one of

A character whose name is also the source of the title of the narrative is called ___?

Who succeeded Othello as Governor of Cyprus?

“And blossoms blown away”

The line above from William Blake’s poem ” The school boy” is an example of

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption

(ACP Yakubu in his office)…

How can that old crook of a Judge acquit and discharge a very clear case of cocaine pushing. What evidence is he looking for?…’ The technique used in the excerpt above is called

This Question is based on General Literacy principles and Literacy Appreciations.

A poem used to express grief on the occasion of someone’s death is _______?

This question is based on Bayo Adebowale’s Lonely Days.

The cap-picking ceremony is to

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

One of the thematic preoccupations of Awonoor’s The Anvil and the Hammer is

How many stanza and lines does William Moris’ poem “the proud king” has?

This question is based on William Shakespheare’s Othello

“ …Fathers, from hence trust not daughters’ minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?. ”

In the excerpt it is implied that daughters are

A poem that describes the simple life of rural people is called ___

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

Piano and Drums according to Okara’s Piano and Drums are musical instruments of __________

“The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest.
the doves are cooing, and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

Use the extract above to answer the question below

The predicament sound device in the extract is

This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche’s Harvest of Corruption

“Trust me. My duty is to convince her to play ball with him and then the usual commission keeps rolling in, shee you get?…”

The speaker in the excerpt above is

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent, T.(ed.):
A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed.): West African Verse.

The mood of Peter’s The Panic of Growing Older can be described as

This question is based on Richard Wright’s Native Son

The story is narrated using the