WAEC Past Questions, Objective & Theory, Study 100% offline, Download app now - 24709
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts

Literature in English 2017 JAMB Past Questions

Clear Selections
Change Subject Post a Question Check Syllabus Study My Bookmarks Past Questions Videos Watch Video Lessons Download App

WAEC offline past questions - with all answers and explanations in one app - Download for free
Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208
WAEC Past Questions, Objective & Theory, Study 100% offline, Download app now - 24709
1

This question is based on Richard Wright's Native Son

The story is narrated using the

  • A. Omniscient
  • B. limited omniscient
  • C. objective
  • D. first person
View Answer & Discuss (7) JAMB 2017
2
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
  • A. sober
  • B. boastful
  • C. defiant
  • D. languid
View Answer & Discuss (2) JAMB 2017
3

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

  • A. Aloho
  • B. Ogeyi
  • C. Odili
  • D. Ochuole
View Answer & Discuss (6) JAMB 2017
WAEC Past Questions, Objective & Theory, Study 100% offline, Download app now - 24709
Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
4
"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
  • A. assonance
  • B. consonance
  • C. onomatopoeia
  • D. alliteration
View Answer & Discuss (1) JAMB 2017
5
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 __________
  • A. contradictory tunes
  • B. complementary tunes
  • C. different cultural milieus
  • D. different rhythmic appeals
View Answer & Discuss (3) JAMB 2017
Start a Free Practice Test
 
WAEC Past Questions, Objective & Theory, Study 100% offline, Download app now - 24709
Post-UTME Past Questions - Original materials are available here - Download PDF for your school of choice + 1 year SMS alerts
WAEC offline past questions - with all answers and explanations in one app - Download for free
Download WAEC May/June App - Get all past questions and answers, 100% offline - 43208