Literature-In-English Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Literature in English is the study of works written in the English language. It includes all forms of writing, such as novels, plays, short stories, and poetry. This subject involves exploring and analyzing these texts to understand their themes and meanings.

• Question 1:

  In drama, comic reliefs often occur in_______

  Options:
  A) comedies
  B) tragedies
  C) historical plays
  D) romantic plays
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2:

  Baba Fakunle: How much did he give you boy?

  Boy: Ten cowries, Baba.

  Baba Fakunle: Hand him back nine.

  The order to return nine cowries was given by Baba Fakunle because he

  Options:
  A) wanted to spit the King by taking only one cowrie
  B) felt insulted that he was given only ten cowries
  C) did not want to meddle with leprous monry given with bloody hands
  D) wanted to emphasize that the messanger of Olodumare takes only one cowrie.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3:

  'If i could have put u in my heart,

  If but i could have wrapped you in myself

  How glad i should have been!

  And now the chart

  Of memory unrolls again to me

  The course of our journey here, here where we part....'

  An appropriate title for these lines is.....

  Options:
  A) The end
  B) a lover's Hope
  C) Joy's of being in love
  D) The journey of life
  E) Glad lover
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  The epilogue in a literary composition is

  Options:
  A) at the beginning
  B) in the middle
  C) at the end
  D) just before the end
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  He put himself in uniform, made one for

  His five-year-old son, and marched with

  The infant from dawn till noon every

  Market day, on the main road singing

  'Kayiwawa beturi...The persona in the excerpt above is portrayed as

  Options:
  A) a soldier
  B) abnormal
  C) energetic
  D) a policeman
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6:

  This question is based on WUTHERING HEIGHT.
  What destination does the young Catherine have in mind when she leaves Thrushcross Grange for the first time?

  Options:
  A) Wuthering Heights
  B) The nearby village
  C) The fairy caves at Penistone Crags
  D) London, where her cousin Linton lives
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  The subject matter of a literary work is the

  Options:
  A) plot
  B) setting
  C) theme
  D) structure
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8: These question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.How did Winston start his rebellion against the state? Options:
  A) By keeping a private diary
  B) when he started a secret affair
  C) when he spied on the party
  D) by engaging ij anti-party activities
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  Blank verse

  Options:
  A) is nonsensical verse
  B) consists of unhymed five stress lines
  C) is verse used by the nobility
  D) consists of rhyme in the second and fourth line
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10:

  Jibunoh was simply a difficult man. He was hated by all his neighbours and deserted by his relations. He was the first and only person to beat a policeman in the entire village. He also had ten cases instituted against him for either stealing or violating the rights of others. He had no regard for deanery or normal conduct. No lover of peace or order could be his friends. It is not surprising that his death elicited jubilation rather than mourning'

  The passage above reveals that Jibunoh symbolizes

  Options:
  A) insanity
  B) wickedness
  C) lawlessness
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is C .