Literature in English Past Questions

These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.

In Rubadiri's An African Thunderstorm,
the thunderstorm begins with

The theme of the Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is

These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.
The novel draws a picture of

These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.

In the novel Nwokocha Agbadi is famous for his oratorical power and

These questions are based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.
For attempted murder , Nnaife was jailed for

These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.

'As he opened and shut his mouth his lower jaw went down and came up,puffing up and
then deflating the skin under his chin'.
The subject of description in the line above is

These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.

Vandermayer's attitude and action towards Meka illustrates the church's

These questions are based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal.
The heavy downpour on the night of Meka's investiture symbolises.

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

The plot of the play is

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

In the play, Mercutio can be described as

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

The news of Juliet's death is broken to Romeo in Mantua by

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

The play reaches reaches the point of denouement

These questions are based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
'Farewell.- God knows when we shall meet again, I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.
I'll call them back again to comfort me.
Nurse!-What should she do here?
My dismal scene i need must act alone. Come, vial'.
The intention of the speaker above is to

'Everything in this room outrages my sense of beauty, undermine my will to create pictures of lasting appeal...'
The speaker in the quotation above is

These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.

The final harassment of Maanan takes place in

These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.

The prevailing theme of the play is

These question are based on J.C De Graft's Sons and Daughters.
From it's resolution of conflicts, the play can be described as a

These question is base on Buchi Emecheta's The Joy of Motherhood.

In the novel, the handing over of a baby boy in a dream to Nnu Ego by her personal god signifies

These questions are based on literary Appreciation.

The wood decay, the woods decay and fall,
The vapour weep their burden to the ground,
Man comes and fills the field and lies beneath,
And after many a summer dies the swan.
The subject matter of the line above is