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 1041: 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 1042:

  This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man .

  Petkoff [grinning] 'Sergius: tell Catherine that queer story his friend told us about how he escaped after Slivnitza. You remember.

  About his being hid by two women'

  Since the phrase 'two women in the above extract refers to Petkoff's own daughter and wife, his grinning is a case of

  Options:
  A) sarcasm
  B) ridicule
  C) irony
  D) suspense
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1043: Which of the following is NOT a form of poetic expression? Options:
  A) Octet
  B) Lyric
  C) Sonnet
  D) Elegy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1044:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles

  A tragic hero, according to the Aristotelian precept, must be a

  Options:
  A) noble character with hubris
  B) lowly character who suddenly stumbles on some fortunes
  C) king with deep affection for his subjects
  D) central character after whom the play is named
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1045: When Di says of Eliza, 'That girl is tragedy already' she means Options:
  A) Eliza faces the threat of premature death
  B) Eliza is a pathetic victim of culture conflict
  C) Eliza is the tragic heroine of the novel
  D) Eliza will not survive her illness
  E) Eliza is suffering fron an undiagnosed diseases.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1046:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  Othello kills Desdemona because the_______

  Options:
  A) former is jealous
  B) former's race is insulted
  C) latter is a witch
  D) latter is an idol
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1047:

  "Meka, kneeling down in his usual fashion with his behind up in the air.

  Kelara knelt down beside him.

  Amalia and her husband knelt down as well."Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal, the actions of Meka, Kelara, Amalia and her husband signify

  Options:
  A) parade
  B) dance
  C) prayer
  D) celebration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1048:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  'Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade;.

  The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

  The figure of speech used here is

  Options:
  A) pathetic fallacy
  B) similitude
  C) repetition
  D) zeugma
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1049: THIS QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET.In the play, the dramatic significance of Mercutio's character is to Options:
  A) serve as a constract to Romeo's
  B) aid and abet Romeo's passion
  C) annoy Tybalt
  D) persuade Romeo to forget Rosaline.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1050:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.

  The leaves are withered. Roses fold and shrink

  Dog, the panting athlete shows his tongue A dwarled shadow flees. Hides under legs. Nuts

  Wrinkle and crack

  'Poems in Four Parts' by W.Kamera

  One dominant image presented in the poem above is that of

  Options:
  A) spent life
  B) summer
  C) death
  D) tiredness
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  The correct answer is A .