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JAMB 2024

2024 JAMB Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

The 2024 JAMB Literature in English past questions with answers: 32 objective questions from the 2024 paper in the DeeepSolve question bank, each with its answer behind "Show answer". Try each question before you check, then practise the paper as a timed JAMB-style CBT.

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Questions

  1. 1.

    "But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams" The excerpt above from Angelou's "Caged Bird" implies that caged bird

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    1. A.will die
    2. B.will be frustrated
    3. C.stands on its grave
    4. D.walks freely to actualise its dream
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    Answer: B. will be frustrated

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  2. 2.

    This question is based on General Literary Principles. A poem of eight rhyming lines is

    1. A.quatrain
    2. B.octave
    3. C.sonnet
    4. D.limerick
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    Answer: B. octave

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  3. 3.

    This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen. Adah's disappointment is in the overwhelming

    1. A.freedom for the blacks
    2. B.reception of the blacks
    3. C.recognition given the blacks
    4. D.discrimination against the blacks
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    Answer: D. discrimination against the blacks

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  4. 4.

    This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn. The setting of the novel is

    1. A.Nigeria and Ghana
    2. B.Nigeria and Togo
    3. C.Ghana and Niger
    4. D.Nigeria and Benin
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    Answer: A. Nigeria and Ghana

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  5. 5.

    Sesay's "The Song of the Woman of My Land" is a

    1. A.political poem
    2. B.geographical poem
    3. C.social poem
    4. D.panegyric poem
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    Answer: C. social poem

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  6. 6.

    This question is based on Literary Appreciation. Football is the only sport on earth that can be considered truly global. Simple and inexpensive. it is equally likely to be found in a tight Marseille banlieue, an obscure corner of a Lagos slum, and the heart of a Buenos barrio. Marley's music is similarly universal... According to the excerpt above, football is

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    1. A.played only in Lagos slums
    2. B.footballers like Marley's music
    3. C.popular but cheap
    4. D.a universal game
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    Answer: D. a universal game

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  7. 7.

    This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn. Wachuk in the novel is

    1. A.the cigarette seller
    2. B.Niyi's friend
    3. C.Idem's husband
    4. D.the alcohol seller
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    Answer: C. Idem's husband

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  8. 8.

    The style of Chibuike's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is

    1. A.narrative
    2. B.monologic
    3. C.reflective
    4. D.panegyric
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    Answer: A. narrative

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  9. 9.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger Alison and Jimmy are accommodated during the first month of their marriage by

    1. A.Hugh Tanner
    2. B.Nigel
    3. C.Cliff
    4. D.Webster
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    Answer: A. Hugh Tanner

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  10. 10.

    This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel Lakunle declines to pay bride price on Sidi because he sees tradition as

    1. A.unholy
    2. B.illegal
    3. C.babaric
    4. D.childish
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    Answer: C. babaric

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  11. 11.

    This question is based on General Literary Principles. The events that make up the story is the

    1. A.plot
    2. B.setting
    3. C.atmosphere
    4. D.theme
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    Answer: A. plot

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  12. 12.

    This question is based on General Literary Principles. The collection of images within a literary work is referred to as

    1. A.imagery
    2. B.images
    3. C.symbolism
    4. D.caesura
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    Answer: A. imagery

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  13. 13.

    The question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel The play is a

    1. A.Comedy
    2. B.Tragi-comedy
    3. C.Farce
    4. D.Melodrama
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    Answer: A. Comedy

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  14. 14.

    This question is based on John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger The couple's marital crisis is aggravated by

    1. A.Jimmy
    2. B.Cliff
    3. C.Helena
    4. D.Hugh
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    Answer: C. Helena

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  15. 15.

    Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is

    1. A.dramatic
    2. B.satiric
    3. C.narrative
    4. D.elegaic
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    Answer: B. satiric

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  16. 16.

    This question is based on general literary principles The leading character in a literary work is the

    1. A.protagonist
    2. B.antagonist
    3. C.villain
    4. D.anti-hero
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    Answer: A. protagonist

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  17. 17.

    Lawrence's "Bats" is a

    1. A.sarcasm
    2. B.satire
    3. C.dramatic dialogue
    4. D.dramatic monolgue
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    Answer: D. dramatic monolgue

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  18. 18.

    This question is based on Literary Appreciation. "Lonely road, Not a star Lonely road Shadows far And quiet" Peter Abraham Lonely Road.   The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is

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    1. A.abcdec
    2. B.ababc
    3. C.babac
    4. D.aabbc
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    Answer: B. ababc

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  19. 19.

    This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff considered himself the second half of

    1. A.Nelly Dean
    2. B.Isabella Linton
    3. C.Hindley Earnshaw
    4. D.Catherine Earnshaw
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    Answer: D. Catherine Earnshaw

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  20. 20.

    This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights The setting of the novel is

    1. A.Mid 16th century
    2. B.Mid 17th century
    3. C.Mid 18th century
    4. D.Mid 19th century
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    Answer: C. Mid 18th century

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  21. 21.

    The question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights The structure of the novel is based on two major conflicts of

    1. A.love
    2. B.passion
    3. C.emotion
    4. D.romance
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    Answer: A. love

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  22. 22.

    A long narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is

    1. A.panegyric
    2. B.lyric
    3. C.ballad
    4. D.epic
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    Answer: D. epic

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  23. 23.

    This question is based on John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger The protagonist in the play is

    1. A.Alison Porter
    2. B.Cliff Lewis
    3. C.Jimmy Porter
    4. D.Colonel Redfern
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    Answer: C. Jimmy Porter

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  24. 24.

    This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights The novel can be described as a

    1. A.Renaissance prose
    2. B.Victorian novel
    3. C.French fiction
    4. D.English autobiography
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    Answer: B. Victorian novel

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  25. 25.

    In Senghor's Black Woman, the dominant literary device is

    1. A.hyperbole
    2. B.personification
    3. C.simile
    4. D.metaphor
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    Answer: D. metaphor

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  26. 26.

    In Eliot's "Journey of the Magi", "six hands at an open door" is an example of

    1. A.synecdoche
    2. B.irony
    3. C.alliteration
    4. D.metonymy
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    Answer: A. synecdoche

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  27. 27.

    The poet persona in Donne's "The Good Morrow" reflects on

    1. A.spiritual love
    2. B.the immortality of love
    3. C.falling in love
    4. D.love marriage
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    Answer: B. the immortality of love

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  28. 28.

    This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen The main challenge Adah encounters in England is

    1. A.being a woman
    2. B.financial limitations
    3. C.being half literate
    4. D.being a black person
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    Answer: D. being a black person

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  29. 29.

    This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen Adah is so obsessed with the sleek woman at the hospital because the woman

    1. A.has a doting husband
    2. B.has a high paying job
    3. C.gives birth to twins
    4. D.lives in a mansion
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    Answer: A. has a doting husband

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  30. 30.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger. The reason why Jimmy easily gets along with Cliff is because

    1. A.they both belong to the working class
    2. B.Alison speaks well of Cliff
    3. C.the relatives of Jimmy's mother are rich
    4. D.they are both from affluent backgrounds
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    Answer: A. they both belong to the working class

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  31. 31.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger. Jimmy's harmatia is

    1. A.infidelity
    2. B.anger
    3. C.pride
    4. D.jealousy
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    Answer: B. anger

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  32. 32.

    This question is based on Literary Appreciation. "The commission has the power to investigate,  to conciliate to hold hearings, to order reinstatement of a discharged employee, and to direct the appointment of a qualified applicant"   The rhetorical device used in the excerpt above is

    This question refers to an extract from the original paper, which isn't shown here.

    1. A.Irony
    2. B.Personification
    3. C.Hyperbole
    4. D.Parallelism
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    Answer: D. Parallelism

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