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 1061:

  This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed) West African Verse.

  In the poem 'The Prodigals' the line 'their heads are claimed by clouds' means that the military leaders

  Options:
  A) travel a lot by air
  B) are haughty
  C) love sunny weather
  D) dislike clouds
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1062: 'Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?'is a memorable lines from Julius Caesar by Options:
  A) Brutus
  B) Mark Antony
  C) Octavius Caesar
  D) Cassius
  E) Julius Caesar
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1063:

  Fatalism is crucial element in_________

  Options:
  A) melodrama
  B) tragi-comedy
  C) tragedy
  D) comedy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1064: This question is based on �Literary Appreciation.If the earth were mortal Where would the flower live?If you left the earth What would happen to beauty?The poet's tone above can be described as Options:
  A) lamentative
  B) satiric
  C) imploring
  D) adoring
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1065:

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

  By allowing Sule to return to the village in spite of his earlier vow, the author suggests the existence of

  Options:
  A) a destiny that awaits mankind
  B) a bond between man and his roots
  C) homesickness in city dwellers
  D) kind feelings in all villagers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1066:

  Cast in a play refers to

  Options:
  A) three of the actors
  B) a few of the actors
  C) an exclusive social class in the play
  D) all the actors
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1067: What we call 'tragic flaw' is the Options:
  A) element of plot that makes a work dramatic
  B) typographical error occuring in a work of drama
  C) pronunciation error made by an actor on stage
  D) unsuccessful play written by an other wise great dramatist
  E) weakness in character responsible for the downfall of a dramatic hero.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1068: "He had knocked his toes against so many things that he had no toenails anymore and the yaws he had suffered from his youth had twisted his toes up so that they pointed to the sky"Based on Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal,the description above is in reference to the foot of Options:
  A) Kelara
  B) Meka
  C) Egamba
  D) Mvondo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1069: Macbeth is confident that he will not be defeated in battle because Options:
  A) all his enemies has gone into exile
  B) he is a better fighter than Macduff
  C) he had already killed Banquo
  D) Lady Macbeth gives him courage
  E) the witches gave him an assurance
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1070:

  A sub-chapter in a piece of drama is a______________

  Options:
  A) Act
  B) Setting
  C) Verse
  D) Scene
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  The correct answer is D .