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 General Literary Principles.

  The word 'image' is associated with

  Options:
  A) attitude
  B) mood
  C) tone
  D) abstraction
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2:

  "You can call me a rebel, but I need a job. That's what matters to me." The repercussion of this statement by Aloho is a pointer to the theme ____

  Options:
  A) Of Corruption
  B) That patience is a virtue
  C) On Unemployment
  D) Of Retributive Justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  This question is based on BAT.

  Read the excerpt and answer the question:
  "Bat!
  Creatures that hang themselves up like an old rag, to sleep, And disgustingly upside down."

  The theme of this excerpt is____

  Options:
  A) All of the above
  B) the poet's right to Individual choice
  C) the poet's admiration of the beauty of nature
  D) the poet's appalling remarks about the bird
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: Kenneth Kaunda fought a much bigger boy from another school after a football match because he Options:
  A) was quarrelsome
  B) was aggressive and violet by nature
  C) though they lost the match through foul play
  D) had a great sense of honour and fair play
  E) disliked the boys from the other school.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5:

  This question is based on Ernest Hermingway's The Old Man and the Sea

  The Old Man and the Sea epitomizes

  Options:
  A) the relationship between a man and a fish
  B) the vain expectations of man
  C) life on the high seas
  D) a fulfilled life
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 6: Point out the odd item in this list Options:
  A) Romeo and Juliet
  B) Ozidi
  C) Tom Sawyer
  D) A Raisin in the Sun
  E) Kongi's Harvest
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7: "That that is why we must acc-c-cept the uni-versal d-d-dome, b-b-because ththere is no d-d-ddirection. The b-b-bridge is the d-d-dome of religion and b-b-bridges d-don't jjjjust g-g-go from hhhere to the there; a bridge also faces backwards". Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters
  The idiolectical feature of the character's speech is the Options:
  A) repetition of consonant sounds
  B) repetition of initial consonant sounds
  C) duplication of consonant sound clusters
  D) multiplication of diphthongs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  'I am informed the day recycles itself today

  When I slept in the Lord in February

  I blame no one for an untimely death

  I bless Good for a noble departure-His words

  The lord taketh the righteous away before evil days

  The persona in the poem appears happy to have died

  Options:
  A) a noble death
  B) during the day
  C) at an old age
  D) an untimely death
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: In Zambia Shall Be Free Kaunda's 'wandering day's resulted from his Options:
  A) desire to visit other territories
  B) need to assert himself by being on his own
  C) disagreement with the members of his family
  D) need to join other political parties
  E) disagreement eith his employers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  The three main unities in drama are those of

  Options:
  A) action, time and place
  B) time, space and action
  C) place, time and space
  D) space, action and time
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  The correct answer is A .