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:

  This question is based on Isidore Okpewho's The Victims.

  The real victims are

  Options:
  A) Ndidi and Ogo
  B) Nwanze and Obanua
  C) Ubaka and Bomboy
  D) Nwabunor and Ogugua
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  This Question is based on Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.

  The play is essentially about the

  Options:
  A) theft of Mis Neville's trinket box
  B) comedy of errors of one night
  C) incompatibility of Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle
  D) love affair between Kate and Marlow
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  ''London''I wander thro'' each charter''d streetNear where the charter''d Thames does flow,And mark in every face i meetMarks of weakness, marks of woe

  In every cry of every ManIn every infant''s cry of fear,In every voice, in every ban,The mind-forged manacles i hear.

  How the chimney-sweeper''s cryEvery black''ning Church appalls;And the hapless Soldier''s sighRuns in blood down Palace walls.

  But most thro'' midnight streets i hearHow the youthful Harlot''s curse Blasts the new born infant''s tear,And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.The stanza form in ''London'' is referred to as

  Options:
  A) a quartet
  B) a quatrain
  C) a quadruple
  D) quintet
  E) sestet.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  This question is based on Camara Laye's The African Child

  The most important objects in the hut are the

  Options:
  A) prayer-rugs
  B) implements used in the workshop
  C) tool-boxes o Camara's father
  D) pcts containng the magic charms
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5:

  When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

  Options:
  A) a symbol
  B) an irony
  C) a subject
  D) an epigram
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6:

  'Thou losest labour

  As easy mayst thou the interenchant air with kneel sword impress as make me bleed'

  Macbeth contempt from Macduff's effort in this battle scene arises from

  Options:
  A) the quality of his military uniform
  B) the fact that he cannot be hurt by mortals
  C) the fact that the witches has given him charms
  D) the fact that the witches have made him think no mortal can hurt him
  E) the fact that he is as light as Air.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  A story which explains the origin of a natural phenomenon is a

  Options:
  A) fiction
  B) legend
  C) parable
  D) myth
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

  These question are based on George Orwell's Nineteen-Eighty Four.

  The novel draws a picture of

  Options:
  A) a useless past
  B) an unstable moment
  C) a peaceful atmosphere
  D) a totalitarian future
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.If the earth were mortal Where would the flower live?If you left the earth What would happen to beauty?The poet's tone above can be described as Options:
  A) lamentative
  B) satiric
  C) imploring
  D) adoring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10: What distinguishes poetry from other forms of literature is its Options:
  A) emotion and feeling
  B) ungrammatical expressions
  C) irony and paradox
  D) rhyme and verse
  E) rhyme and metaphor.
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  The correct answer is D .