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 QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.The following epithets:

  'The courageous captain of compliments...

  The very butcher of a silk button...

  A gentleman of the very first house...'

  Refer to

  Options:
  A) Tybalt
  B) Romeo
  C) Mercutio
  D) Benvolio.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2: When Xuma talked to Di about Eliza, she Options:
  A) she thought Eliza was like her inside
  B) agreed that Eliza was unreasonable
  C) was amused
  D) was offended
  E) believed Xuma was very knowledgeable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  'The dun dun of a drum' is an example of an__________

  Options:
  A) euphemism
  B) onomatopoeia
  C) assonance
  D) oxymoron
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4:

  'And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
  And got with our bags and our brushes to work
  Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm;
  So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.'

  In the lines above, Tom is warm because he

  Options:
  A) is working indoors
  B) is wearing warm clothes
  C) is doing his duty
  D) has just woken from sleep
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: This question is based on selected poem from Ker, D. et al (eds.):New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.):Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds):A selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I.(ed.); West Africa Verse and Adeoti G.: Naked Soles
  'The silence of the battlefield heralds the widow's anguish.'
  The widow in the lines above in Launko's End of the War is in anguish because of the
  Options:
  A) confirmation of her husband's death
  B) uncertainty over husband returning alive
  C) delay in the husband's return from the battlefield
  D) death of all the soldiers in the battlefield
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 6:

  'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.

  The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is

  Options:
  A) zeugma
  B) oxymoron
  C) hyperbole
  D) onomotopoeia
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm,

  In the novel, Boxer is respected for his

  Options:
  A) duplicity
  B) reticence
  C) intellect
  D) hard work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8: This question is based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal
  In the novel, Africanness is achieved in both Options:
  A) setting and characterization
  B) narration and style
  C) diction and syntax
  D) pun and style
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9: "Since I came to this country I have never seen cocoa as well dried as yours."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the speaker above is Options:
  A) the Catechist
  B) Nua
  C) Nkolo
  D) the Commandant
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10:

  "The poet needs to be up at night,when the world

  Sleeps...needs to exist in places where spiders

  Forge their webs in silence;near the gutters where

  The underside of our dreams fester."Based on Ben Okri's 'Of Poets and their Antagonists', the poet in the passage above is

  Options:
  A) suffering from insomnia
  B) one of the numerous living in poverty
  C) not an ordinary individual
  D) a difficult individual
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  The correct answer is C .