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 is based on �Literary Appreciation

  And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'

  Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being

  Options:
  A) paradoxical
  B) anttithetical
  C) illogical
  D) tautological
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1052:

  This question is based on General Literary Principles.

  Romantic poetry emphasizes

  Options:
  A) the beauty of nature
  B) intimate relationships
  C) the love in human nature
  D) the romance in human aspiration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1053: These questions are based on General Literary Principles.The account of an experiences of an individuals during the course of a journey is known as Options:
  A) an autobiography
  B) a catalogue
  C) a memoir
  D) a travelogue
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1054: Anansewa's grandmother prays that the man who marries Anansewa Options:
  A) has respect for others
  B) is wealthy
  C) is young
  D) comes from her own area
  E) helps the family
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1055: This question is based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbrvilles.
  At what time does Tess often look so transformed before Angel Clare? Options:
  A) At 3 am ontheir way to milking the cow
  B) At 12 midnight while retiring to bed
  C) At 12 noon
  D) At twilight
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1056:

  A story which explains a natural phenomenon is_______

  Options:
  A) parable
  B) legend
  C) myth
  D) fiction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1057:

  This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm

  The ideological leader of the revolution in the novel is

  Options:
  A) Napoleon
  B) Snowball
  C) Old Major
  D) Squealer
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1058: Based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, According to the novel Nnaife becomes frustrated when Options:
  A) his wife gives birth to female twins
  B) he is recruited into the army
  C) Oshiaju secures a scholarship to study abroad
  D) he is arrested and charged for attempted murder of his inlaw
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1059: In David Diop's 'The Vultures', the statement 'And the monotonous rhythm of the paternoster Drowned the howing on the plantations,' suggests that Options:
  A) music was more important than work
  B) boredom received more attention than suffering
  C) music was more pleasant than cries
  D) religion received more attention than the suffering slaves.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1060:

  When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

  Options:
  A) a symbol
  B) an irony
  C) a subject
  D) an epigram
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  The correct answer is A .