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UTME 2024

JAMB Literature in English past questions and answers

10 questions from the most recent UTME Literature in English papers in our bank, across different topics. Try each one, then open the answer to see a worked solution.

  1. Question 1 · UTME 2024 · Novel and Short Story Studies

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

    1. Athe cigarette seller
    2. BNiyi's friend
    3. CIdem's husband
    4. Dthe alcohol seller
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    Answer: C. Idem's husband

    What the question is asking: Wachuk.

    Key idea: Wachuk is married to Idem.

  2. Question 2 · UTME 2024 · Play Analysis

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

    1. Acomedy
    2. Btragicomedy
    3. Cfarce
    4. Dmelodrama
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    Answer: A. comedy

    What the question is asking: Genre.

    Key idea: A light-hearted comedy that ends with Sidi marrying Baroka.

  3. Question 3 · UTME 2024 · Poetic Devices and Appreciation

    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 is

    1. Airony
    2. Bpersonification
    3. Chyperbole
    4. Dparallelism
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    Answer: D. parallelism

    What the question is asking: 'To... to... to...'.

    Key idea: A series of phrases with the same structure.

  4. Question 4 · UTME 2024 · Poetry: Types and Structure

    This question is based on literary appreciation. 'Lonely road, / Not a star; / Lonely road, / Shadows far, / And quiet.' (Peter Abrahams, 'Lonely Road'). The rhyme scheme of the excerpt is

    1. Aabcdec
    2. Bababc
    3. Cbabac
    4. Daabbc
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    Answer: B. ababc

    What the question is asking: Rhyme.

    Key idea: road/road (a), star/far (b), quiet (c): ababc.

  5. Question 5 · UTME 2024 · Prose Fiction and Narrative Techniques

    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 Aires barrio. Marley's music is similarly universal...' According to the excerpt, football is

    1. Aplayed only in Lagos slums
    2. Bliked by footballers who like Marley's music
    3. Cpopular but cheap
    4. Da universal game
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    Answer: D. a universal game

    What the question is asking: 'Truly global'.

    Key idea: The writer stresses that football is played everywhere.

  6. Question 6 · UTME 2024 · Novel and Short Story Studies

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

    1. Alove
    2. Bpassion
    3. Cemotion
    4. Dromance
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    Answer: B. passion

    What the question is asking: Structure.

    Key idea: Two generations of passionate conflict at the Heights and the Grange.

  7. Question 7 · UTME 2024 · Play Analysis

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

    1. Ainfidelity
    2. Banger
    3. Cpride
    4. Djealousy
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    Answer: B. anger

    What the question is asking: Jimmy Porter.

    Key idea: His rage at everything wrecks his relationships.

  8. Question 8 · UTME 2024 · Poetic Devices and Appreciation

    This question is based on general literary principles. The collection of images in a literary work is referred to as its

    1. Aimagery
    2. Bimages
    3. Csymbolism
    4. Dcaesura
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    Answer: A. imagery

    What the question is asking: Imagery.

    Key idea: All the sensory pictures in a work together.

  9. Question 9 · UTME 2024 · Prose Fiction and Narrative Techniques

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

    1. Aprotagonist
    2. Bantagonist
    3. Cvillain
    4. Danti-hero
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    Answer: A. protagonist

    What the question is asking: Protagonist.

    Key idea: The central character.

  10. Question 10 · UTME 2024 · Novel and Short Story Studies

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

    1. ARenaissance prose work
    2. BVictorian novel
    3. CFrench fiction
    4. DEnglish autobiography
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    Answer: B. Victorian novel

    What the question is asking: Date.

    Key idea: Published in 1847, in the Victorian era.

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