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

NON-AFRICAN PROSE

RICHARD WRIGHT: Black Boy

Comment on the theme of racism in the novel. 

NON-AFRICAN PROSE

RICHARD WRIGHT: Black Boy

Discuss the relationship between Richard and the members of his family.

AFRICAN PROSE

ISIDORE OKPEWHO: The Last Duty

Discuss the horrors of war in the novel. 

AFRICAN PROSE

ISIDORE OKPEWHO: The Last Duty

Discuss the view that Aku is a tragic character. 

AFRICAN PROSE

BUCHI EMECHETA: The Joys of Motherhood.

Comment on the theme of gender discrimination in the novel.

AFRICAN PROSE

BUCHI EMECHETA: The Joys of Motherhood.

How important is Mama Abby to Nnu-Ego’s survival in the city? 

NON-AFRICAN POETRY

Examine the theme of rejected love in Marvel’s “To His Coy Mistress”. 

NON-AFRICAN POETRY

How effective is Housman’s use of Imagery in “To An Athlete Dying Young?”.

AFRICAN POETRY

Discuss the characteristics and effects of the storm in “An African Thunderstorm”. 

AFRICAN POETRY

Examine the poet’s use of images in “Songs of Sorrow I and II”. 

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

ROBERT BOLT: A Man For All Seasons

Examine the characters of Sir Thomas More and Master Cromwell. 

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

ROBERT BOLT: A Man For All Seasons

Examine the play as a conflict between king Henry’s desires and More’s principles.

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

NIKOLAI GOGOL: The Government Inspector

Examine three comic scenes in the play. 

NON-AFRICAN DRAMA

NIKOLAI GOGOL: The Government Inspector

Compare the characters of the Mayor and Anna Andreyevna.

AFRICAN DRAMA

JOE DE GRAFT: Sons and Daughters

Compare and contrast the roles of Hannah and Fosuwa in the play. 

AFRICAN DRAMA

JOE DE GRAFT: Sons and Daughters

Examine the major conflicts in the play.

AFRICAN DRAMA

ATHOL FUGARD: Sizwe Bansi is Dead.

Discuss the use of symbols in the play. 

AFRICAN DRAMA

ATHOL FUGARD: Sizwe Bansi is Dead.

Discuss the dramatic techniques employed in the play. 

Read the extract and answer the question

And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)

The enquiry is about

Read the extract and answer the question

And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)

The response given to this speech indicates that the attempt was

Read the extract and answer the question

And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)

The character being addressed are