JAMB Literature in English 2022 past questions and answers

William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (extract for question 1)

The figure of speech used in the above extract from William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream is

1. A.Syllepsis
2. B.Contrast
3. C.Imagery
4. D.Oxymoron

The above lines were spoken by

1. A.Hermia
2. B.Egeus
3. C.Lysander
4. D.Helena

What's the conflict of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

1. A.Money
2. B.An Indian boy
3. C.Gold
4. D.Summer holiday

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia and Lysander eloped through

1. A.the tunnel
2. B.the rail
3. C.the water
4. D.the forest

William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream (extract for question 5)

This is a statement made by

1. A.Quince
2. B.Snout
3. C.Bottom
4. D.Snug

Most information in The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka is conveyed using third person narrative technique otherwise known as

1. A.Epistolary narrative method
2. B.Autobiographical narrative method
3. C.Flashback narrative method
4. D.Omniscient narrative method

The hero of The Lion and the Jewel is

1. A.The Surveyor
2. B.Sadiku
3. C.Lakunle
4. D.Baroka

Soyinka's main concern in The Lion and the Jewel is to

1. A.expose the corrupt Baale
2. B.marry tradition and modernity
3. C.expose Sidi in the play
4. D.pretend that the Baale is impotent

What is the weakness of Baroka in Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel?

1. A.He is a thief
2. B.He is a fraudster
3. C.He is trickish
4. D.He is smart

Where did the narrator of Ralph Ellison's Invisible man go to from his southern town?

1. A.London
2. B.Southern America
3. C.Golden Day Bar
4. D.New York

The major lesson the narrator experiences in Invisible Man is

1. A.education is needed only by the poor
2. B.wealth guarantees happiness
3. C.it is not good to be born poor
4. D.overcoming deceptions and illusions to reach the truth

In Invisible Man, why did Mary Rambo take the narrator to her room?

1. A.To sleep with him
2. B.To clean her room
3. C.To see the furniture in her room
4. D.To recuperate when he fainted on his way from the hospital

What makes the narrator an invisible man?

1. A.Because he lives with the white
2. B.Because people refuse to see him for who he really is
3. C.Because he disappears when people are approaching him
4. D.Because he is only seen by his people

What is inscribed above the entrance of Wuthering Height?

1. A.Hindley Earnshaw, 1729
2. B.1623
3. C.Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
4. D.Hareton Earnshaw, 1500

In Wuthering Heights, what kind of country side surrounds Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange?

1. A.Moorland
2. B.Forest
3. C.Savannah
4. D.Grassy Plains

In what region of England was Emily Bronte raised?

1. A.Sussex
2. B.Yorkshire
3. C.Gloucestershire
4. D.Warwickshire

Over the course of Wuthering Heights, which character claims to see Catherine's ghost?

1. A.Heathcliff, Hareton, Young Catherine and Joseph
2. B.Edgar Linton and Heathcliff
3. C.Joseph and Nelly Dean
4. D.Lockwood and Heathcliff

August Wilson: Fences (extract for question 20)

This statement in August Wilson's Fences refers to

1. A.Bono
2. B.Troy
3. C.Rose
4. D.Cory Maxson

Who is Troy talking to here?

1. A.Rose
2. B.Mr. Rand
3. C.Jim Bono
4. D.Bonnie

Who was Cliff referring to here in Look Back in Anger?

1. A.Alison and her friend
2. B.Alison's mother and father
3. C.Allison and her sister
4. D.Allison and Jimmy

In Look Back in Anger, why did Jimmy travel to London?

1. A.To see a friend
2. B.Eloped with another woman
3. C.To see Hugh Tanner's mother who is down with stroke
4. D.To see his dying niece

Why did Nii Tackie abandon Massa's corpse at the hospital?

1. A.He has economic vulnerabilities
2. B.He is wicked
3. C.He's married to another woman
4. D.He hates to see her corpse

Why did Nii decide to go back to Nigeria?

1. A.To sell his family property
2. B.To marry a new wife
3. C.To rejig his life and reunite with his sister
4. D.To start a new career path

Who succeeds Gbanya after his demise in John Kargbo's Let Me Die Alone?

1. A.Lamboi
2. B.Yoko
3. C.Musa
4. D.Ndapi

John Kolosa Kargbo: Let Me Die Alone (extract)

Yoko was referring to who is the above lines?

1. A.Ndapi, Musa and Lamboi
2. B.Lamboi, Lavalie and Musa
3. C.Musa, Lamboi and Fanneh
4. D.Lamboi, Fanneh and Jilo

The protagonist of John Kargbo's Let me Die Alone is

1. A.Gbanya
2. B.Musa
3. C.The Governor
4. D.Yoko

Extract for question 40

The last sentence is an example of

1. A.innuendo
2. B.paradox
3. C.euphemism
4. D.allusion