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JAMB Literature in English 2025 past questions and answers

4 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.

Question 16

Set Text: The Lion and the Jewel

Question 16 is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and The Jewel. The central theme of the play is the

  1. A.ills of modern days
  2. B.clash between tradition and modernity
  3. C.problem of courtship
  4. D.conflict between the old and the young.
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Answer: B (clash between tradition and modernity)

Explanation

Lakunle stands for modern Western ways and Baroka for tradition; their contest for Sidi shows the clash between the two.

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Question 19

Literary Terms and Devices

A motif is

  1. A.a recurrent image in a work of literature
  2. B.the reason behind a character's behaviour
  3. C.a single matrical line
  4. D.an essay or treatise on a particular subject.
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Answer: A (a recurrent image in a work of literature)

Explanation

A motif is an image, idea or symbol that keeps coming back in a work and helps build its theme.

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Question 23

Drama: General

When a statement is made on stage to the hearing of only the audience, it is called

  1. A.a prologue
  2. B.a soliloquy
  3. C.an aside
  4. D.a diatribe.
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Answer: C (an aside)

Explanation

An aside is a remark the audience hears but the other characters on stage are supposed not to hear.

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Question 27

Other Set Texts: African Prose

Question 27 is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen. The novel is an expose of the

  1. A.pre-eminent position of boys in Igboland
  2. B.experiences of Adah's mother in the police cell
  3. C.travails of the girl-child
  4. D.marriage customs of the Igbo.
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Answer: C (travails of the girl-child)

Explanation

The novel follows Adah's struggle, as an undervalued girl and then a wife, to get an education and live her own life: the travails of the girl-child.

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