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JAMB 2025

2025 JAMB Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

The 2025 JAMB Literature in English past questions with answers: 38 objective questions from the 2025 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.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger Jimmy's first love, who is ten years older than him, is

    1. A.Miss Drury
    2. B.Helena
    3. C.Alison
    4. D.Madeline
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    Answer: D. Madeline

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  2. 2.

    Another form of literature that often employs verse is

    1. A.parable
    2. B.fable
    3. C.drama
    4. D.prose
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    Answer: C. drama

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  3. 3.This question needs a diagram, table or passage that we don't have yet, so it isn't shown.

  4. 4.

    This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. The chief of Ilujinle village is

    1. A.Lakunle
    2. B.Baroka
    3. C.Sadiku
    4. D.Sidi
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    Answer: B. Baroka

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  5. 5.

    Niyi Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is a fable because of the

    1. A.lies in it
    2. B.simplicity of the language
    3. C.witty nature of the poem
    4. D.use of animals who act as humans
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    Answer: D. use of animals who act as humans

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  6. 6.

    This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri Unexpected Joy at Dawn. The main conflict in the novel is

    1. A.love
    2. B.greed
    3. C.health
    4. D.corruption
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    Answer: D. corruption

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  7. 7.

    This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. No one? Do you mean there was no one To bar unwanted strangers from my privacy?

    1. A.Lakunle
    2. B.Baroka
    3. C.Sidi
    4. D.Sadiku
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    Answer: B. Baroka

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  8. 8.

    This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel I was there when it happened to your father The line above is in reference to

    1. A.the wrestler's impotency
    2. B.Lakunle's impotency
    3. C.the traveler's impotency
    4. D.Baroka's impotency
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    Answer: D. Baroka's impotency

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  9. 9.

    Decked with dances by baobabs over balances The above line in Neto's The Grieved Lands is an example of

    1. A.assonance
    2. B.consonance
    3. C.onomatopoeia
    4. D.alliteration
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    Answer: D. alliteration

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  10. 10.

    This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel. The division of the play into morning, noon and night signifies unity of

    1. A.action
    2. B.space
    3. C.place
    4. D.time
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    Answer: D. time

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  11. 11.

    This question is based on General Literary Principles A multifaceted character in literature is regarded as

    1. A.flat character
    2. B.round character
    3. C.comic character
    4. D.lucid character
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    Answer: B. round character

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  12. 12.

    This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Take my colt, gipsy, then! said young Earnshaw...and wheedle my father out of all he has The statement  above exemplifies

    1. A.premonition
    2. B.point of view
    3. C.flashack
    4. D.epistolary
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    Answer: A. premonition

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  13. 13.

    This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen It all began like a dream. You know, that sort of dream which seems to have originated from nowhere, yet one was always aware of its existence... The technique used in the line above is

    1. A.stream of consciousness
    2. B.foreshadowing
    3. C.omniscient point of view
    4. D.flashback
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    Answer: D. flashback

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  14. 14.

    This question is based on General Literary Principles. Repetition is a literary device employed for the purpose of

    1. A.satire
    2. B.melody
    3. C.emphasis
    4. D.rhyme
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    Answer: C. emphasis

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  15. 15.

    This question is based on Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. The overriding depiction of mystery and terror in the novel accounts for its classification as a

    1. A.neo-classical novel
    2. B.gothic novel
    3. C.satiric fiction
    4. D.science fiction
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    Answer: B. gothic novel

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  16. 16.

    The persona in Lade Worsonu's "Raider of the Treasure Trove" warns against

    1. A.war
    2. B.greed
    3. C.power
    4. D.rage
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    Answer: D. rage

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  17. 17.

    Beauty in Donne's "The Good Morrow" represents the poet's persona's

    1. A.friend
    2. B.lover
    3. C.niece
    4. D.mother
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    Answer: B. lover

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  18. 18.

    This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel Lakunle is portrayed as the foil of

    1. A.the stranger
    2. B.Sidi
    3. C.Baroka
    4. D.Sadiku
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    Answer: C. Baroka

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  19. 19.

    I shall booze and zoom myself home The diction used in the above excerpt in Onu's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is

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

    1. A.onomatopoeic
    2. B.veiled
    3. C.complex
    4. D.formalised
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    Answer: A. onomatopoeic

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  20. 20.

    This question is based on Alex Agyei-Agyiri's Unexpected Joy at Dawn The narrative technique employed in the novel is

    1. A.second person point of view
    2. B.third-person point of view
    3. C.first-person narrative point of view
    4. D.first and second person point of view
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    Answer: B. third-person point of view

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  21. 21.

    This question is based on Literary Appreciation A thousand explosions in the belly of the earth Bleeding rigs, bursting pipes The oil flows From the earth's sickbed Because The oil only flows When the earth bleeds   The subject matter of the excerpt above is

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

    1. A.despoliation
    2. B.contestation
    3. C.unification
    4. D.revolution
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    Answer: A. despoliation

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  22. 22.

    This novel is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger The bear in the novel symbolically represents

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

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  23. 23.

    An understatement for the purpose of emphasis is known as

    1. A.panegyric
    2. B.hyperbole
    3. C.climax
    4. D.litotes
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    Answer: D. litotes

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  24. 24.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger The setting of the play is

    1. A.Classical England
    2. B.Romantic England
    3. C.Victorian England
    4. D.Elizabethan England
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    Answer: C. Victorian England

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  25. 25.

    This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class CItizen. Adah faces discrimination based on

    1. A.gender and race
    2. B.education and social status
    3. C.age and religion
    4. D.nationality and language
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    Answer: A. gender and race

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  26. 26.

    This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. From the events in the novel, one can conclude that Joseph is

    1. A.straightforward
    2. B.hypocritical
    3. C.amiable
    4. D.unserious
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    Answer: B. hypocritical

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  27. 27.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger. Jimmy's feeling about Alison's upper-class status is that of

    1. A.indifference
    2. B.adoration
    3. C.resentment
    4. D.admiration
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    Answer: C. resentment

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  28. 28.

    Sesay's "The Song of the Women of my Land" is

    1. A.panegyric
    2. B.free verse
    3. C.satirical
    4. D.blank verse
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    Answer: B. free verse

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  29. 29.

    The subject matter of Angelou's "Caged Bird" is

    1. A.the abolition of slavery and the freedom of caged people
    2. B.the limitation of racially discriminated African Americans
    3. C.segregation and racial discrimination
    4. D.the colonial invasion and slave trade
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    Answer: B. the limitation of racially discriminated African Americans

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  30. 30.

    This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger Bullying in the play is revenge tactics on

    1. A.rejection
    2. B.social class
    3. C.assault
    4. D.acceptance
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    Answer: B. social class

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  31. 31.

    This question is based on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I will wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!

    1. A.Heathcliff
    2. B.Edgar
    3. C.Lockwood
    4. D.Isabella
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    Answer: A. Heathcliff

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  32. 32.

    The spatial setting of Senghor's "Black Woman" is

    1. A.Asia
    2. B.Africa
    3. C.India
    4. D.Europe
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    Answer: B. Africa

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  33. 33.

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

    1. A.1980s Ghana and 1960s Nigeria
    2. B.1960s Nigeria and 1980s Ghana
    3. C.1960s Ghana and 1980s Nigeria
    4. D.1940s Ghana and 1960s Nigeria
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    Answer: C. 1960s Ghana and 1980s Nigeria

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  34. 34.This question needs a diagram, table or passage that we don't have yet, so it isn't shown.

  35. 35.

    This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen The narrative of the novel centres around

    1. A.Ike
    2. B.Francis
    3. C.Mrs Ofili
    4. D.Adah
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    Answer: D. Adah

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  36. 36.

    This question is based on Literary Principles The choice of words used by a writer in a literary work is called

    1. A.cliche
    2. B.idiom
    3. C.diction
    4. D.tone
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    Answer: C. diction

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  37. 37.

    The experience of the persona in Eliot's "The Journey of the Magi" is

    1. A.challenging but fulfilling
    2. B.rough and hopeless
    3. C.smooth and exciting
    4. D.tortuous and frustrating
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    Answer: A. challenging but fulfilling

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  38. 38.

    This question is based on Literary Appreciation The sunset Steals our youth We must depart We must follow the trail of the killer-bird Or else sleep the sleep of terror The excerpt above portrays the theme of

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

    1. A.mortality
    2. B.nature
    3. C.nurture
    4. D.affection
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    Answer: A. mortality

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