JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions

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All topics Drama: types and elements · 38 Dramatic techniques · 44 Figures of speech · 44 General literary terms · 40 Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29 Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29 Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34 Poetry: types and forms · 30 Point of view and narrative techniques · 27 Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29 Prose: types of fiction · 26 Set poems: African poetry · 10 Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17 Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9 Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10 Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13 Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4 Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

Question 401· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
The character in A Man for All Seasons who speaks to the audience and plays several minor parts is
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Answer: A. the Common Man
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Question 402· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
Thomas More resigns from the office of
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Answer: C. Lord Chancellor
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Question 403· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
Thomas More's daughter in the play is
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Answer: A. Margaret (Meg)
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Question 404· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
More gives Richard Rich a silver cup because
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Answer: A. it had been given to him as a bribe and he wanted to be rid of it
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Question 405· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
The central theme of A Man for All Seasons is
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Answer: B. loyalty to one's own conscience
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Question 406· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
In A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More refuses to
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Answer: C. swear the oath supporting the king's new marriage and authority over the Church
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Question 407· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 in the fictional industrial town of
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Answer: D. Brumley
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Question 408· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Arthur Birling sacked Eva Smith from his factory because she
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Answer: C. led a strike for higher wages
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Question 409· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Gerald Croft knew Eva Smith under the name
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Answer: B. Daisy Renton
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Question 410· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
An Inspector Calls ends with a telephone call announcing that
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Answer: B. a girl has just died and an inspector is on his way
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Question 411· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Sheila had Eva Smith dismissed from Milwards because
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Answer: D. she was jealous and thought Eva was laughing at her
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Question 412· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Arthur Birling's confident claim that the Titanic is unsinkable is an example of
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Answer: A. dramatic irony
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Question 413· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Eric Birling stole money to help Eva from
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Answer: D. his father's office
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Question 414· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Mrs Birling refused to help Eva when she appealed to
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Answer: A. the women's charity committee Mrs Birling chaired
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Question 415· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
The main message of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls is that
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Answer: C. people are responsible for one another
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Question 416· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
At the start of An Inspector Calls, the Birlings are celebrating Sheila's engagement to
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Answer: D. Gerald Croft
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Question 417· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
To strengthen his alliance with Octavius Caesar, Antony marries
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Answer: C. Octavia
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Question 418· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
In Antony and Cleopatra, Antony shares rule of the Roman world with
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Answer: B. Octavius Caesar and Lepidus
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Question 419· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
A major theme of Antony and Cleopatra is the conflict between
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Answer: B. love and political duty
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Question 420· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Cleopatra's two waiting-women who die with her are
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Answer: B. Charmian and Iras
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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions

The character in A Man for All Seasons who speaks to the audience and plays several minor parts is

Thomas More resigns from the office of

Thomas More's daughter in the play is

More gives Richard Rich a silver cup because

The central theme of A Man for All Seasons is

In A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More refuses to

J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 in the fictional industrial town of

Arthur Birling sacked Eva Smith from his factory because she

Gerald Croft knew Eva Smith under the name

An Inspector Calls ends with a telephone call announcing that

Sheila had Eva Smith dismissed from Milwards because

Arthur Birling's confident claim that the Titanic is unsinkable is an example of

Eric Birling stole money to help Eva from

Mrs Birling refused to help Eva when she appealed to

The main message of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls is that

At the start of An Inspector Calls, the Birlings are celebrating Sheila's engagement to

To strengthen his alliance with Octavius Caesar, Antony marries

In Antony and Cleopatra, Antony shares rule of the Roman world with

A major theme of Antony and Cleopatra is the conflict between

Cleopatra's two waiting-women who die with her are