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 101:

  This question is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

  'The Prince of Cumberland!- That is a step

  On which I must fall down, or else o' erleap,

  For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires!

  Let not light see my black and deep desires;...

  Macbeth in this soliloquy refers to his secret longing to become the

  Options:
  A) King of Scotland
  B) Prince of Cumberland
  C) Thane of Cawdor
  D) Thane of Glamis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 102: These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A,E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West Africa Verse.Launko's End of the War portrays the Options:
  A) silence of battlefield
  B) irony of life
  C) arrangement of war
  D) usefulness of praise singers
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 103:

  "You can call me a rebel, but I need a job. That's what matters to me." The repercussion of this statement by Aloho is a pointer to the theme ____

  Options:
  A) Of Corruption
  B) That patience is a virtue
  C) On Unemployment
  D) Of Retributive Justice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 104: The plot of story generally refers to the Options:
  A) intrigue made by a character against the hero
  B) intrigue made by a hero against a character
  C) way the writer begins the story
  D) way the writer ends the story
  E) way in which the events of the story are organised.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 105:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'So Children,

  If per chance you see a here that roars

  Or an ape perched in a palanquin,

  Look on in silence..'

  'Africa by David Diop

  This excerpt exemplifies

  Options:
  A) poetic climax
  B) rhetorics
  C) paradox
  D) conflict
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 106: The hero of The Trials of Brother Jero is Options:
  A) Amope
  B) the Old Prophet
  C) the politician
  D) Brother Chume
  E) Brother Jero
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 107:

  Blake's 'The School Boy' advocates for____________

  Options:
  A) a fine balancing between work and pleasure for a child's development
  B) the liberty of the child to explore nature and life without restraints
  C) the promotion of the culture of excellence in a child's academic endavour
  D) a proper disciplinary culture for the training of a child
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 108: In As You Like It Orland's defeat of charles, the Duke's wrestler made his brother Oliver Options:
  A) decide to reconcile with him
  B) plan to kill him
  C) hate him more
  D) ask the servant, Adam to drive him away
  E) give him his deserved inheritance.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 109:

  This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.

  The basic idea of any given work of art is its

  Options:
  A) imagery
  B) style
  C) theme
  D) tone
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 110:

  This question is based on UNEXPECTED JOY AT DAWN.
  Which of these characters is at the center of the impact of the xenophobic attack in the novel?

  Options:
  A) Nii Tackie
  B) Ezla
  C) Massa
  D) Aaron Tsuru
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  The correct answer is A .