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 1011:

  This question is based on Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.

  The dialogue at the end of the novel reveals

  Options:
  A) Li's resolve to sustain her marriage
  B) Li's tragic end
  C) Awa's role as the man of the house
  D) the cycle of life in Li's family
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1012: This question is based on Bayo Adebowale's Lonely Days.In Kufi the death of a husband is treated with Options:
  A) indifference
  B) suspicion
  C) elation
  D) anger
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1013:

  Awonoor's 'The Anvil and the Hammer' is best described as a/an___________

  Options:
  A) free verse
  B) blank verse
  C) ode
  D) apologue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1014:

  You cannot know
  And should not bother
  Tide and market come and go
  And so shall yourmother

  
  In this verse the poet uses

  Options:
  A) alternate rhymes
  B) monomyme
  C) couplets
  D) triplets
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1015: These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, 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: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles."...the youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning due..."The excerpt above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of Options:
  A) simile
  B) anaphora
  C) paradox
  D) onomatopia
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1016:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

  'I' ll do my best

  To woo your lady.'

  What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

  Options:
  A) That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
  B) That her best is good enough to win affection
  C) That she herself becomes the beloved
  D) That she herself wins the love
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1017: Animal Farm is a fable illustrating the inevitable degeneration of revolutionary ideals. According to the novel, this degeneration occurs because Options:
  A) social equality, the goal of such idealism, is actually undersirable
  B) revolutionary ideals are dreamed by blood-thirsty individuals
  C) man's greedy individualistic nature always subverts the realization of ideals
  D) revolutionary ideals are inimical to progress
  E) animals are the wrong characters to illustrate man's weaknesses.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1018:

  This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

  Susan concealed the true parentage of Elizabeth Jane in order to

  Options:
  A) safeguard her daughter's dignity
  B) avenge Henchard for offending her
  C) escape Henchard's curse
  D) Prevent Newson from claiming his daughter.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1019:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter .

  Ramatoulaye's attitude to her co-wife is that of

  Options:
  A) jealousy
  B) anger
  C) contempt
  D) pity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1020:

  Empathy is achieved when the audience

  Options:
  A) feels betrayed by the director
  B) vicariously participates in the stage experience
  C) attacks the character foil
  D) denounces and humiliates the protagonist
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  The correct answer is B .