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 1051: THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON SELECTED POEMS FROM D.I. NWOGA'S (ED.): WEST AFRICAN VERSE.
  In David Diop''s ''The Vultures'', the colonialist are portrayed as Options:
  A) hypocritical and oppressive
  B) interllecture and civilized
  C) humanitarian and sympathetic
  D) adventurous and daring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1052: This question is based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
  Winston Smith begins his rebellion against the power of the state by Options:
  A) purchasing arms
  B) keeping a private diary
  C) opposing the law
  D) educating the youth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1053: A plot in a literary work is about Options:
  A) character delineation
  B) casual arrangement of events
  C) resolution of conflicts
  D) law of poetic justic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1054: Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital lettersJudiciary Options:
  A) judiciaRY
  B) JUdiciary
  C) judiCIAry
  D) juDIciary
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1055:

  'Sweet are the uses of adversity

  Which like the toad, ugly and venomous,

  Wears yet a precious jewel in his head'

  The speaker of the above lines from As You Like It' is

  Options:
  A) Jacques
  B) Orlando
  C) Adams
  D) Duke senior
  E) Le Bosu.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1056: Nani's sternness and frequent use of the cane Options:
  A) was responsible for his transfers
  B) exacted obedience from his wife
  C) fiiled his children with fear and pain
  D) gave him a very good reputation
  E) made his teacher rebel against him
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1057: 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 theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is Options:
  A) art of poetry
  B) adventure
  C) contempt for literature
  D) isolation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1058: This question is based on General Literary Principles
  Which of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue? Options:
  A) Lament
  B) Ode
  C) Sonnet
  D) Epic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1059:

  A chapter in a piece of drama is a

  Options:
  A) act
  B) scene
  C) setting
  D) dialogue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1060:

  This question is based on General Literary Appreciation

  The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is

  Options:
  A) a copyright
  B) an authority to write
  C) an author's right
  D) a constitional provision
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  The correct answer is A .