2015 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 1

This question is based on George Orwell's 1984.

'Big Brothers Is Watching You' Big Brother Controls life in Oceania Though the four ministries of peace, Love, plenty, are Truth.

The Couple continue to meet secretly in an attic room above a junk shop owned by

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

Nnaife and Nnu Ego Second Child but the first to live is

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer question 14 and 15.

'.... So tedious is this day

As is the night before some festival

To an important child that hath them.

new robes and may not wear.

The literary device used in the excerpt is

This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary genre which directly imitates human action is

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

In Houseman's To an Athlete Dying Young, the persona addresses the dead athlete using

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

This question is based on General literacy principles

In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a

A speech or writing used to praise a person or a thing for past or present deeds is

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo is evicted to__________because he__________

This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.

The relationships of Nnaife family are