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 1091: '...the toad likes water but not when the water is boiling'. King Odewale in the Gods Are Not To Blame uses this proverb to explain why he Options:
  A) he exiled himself from the home of his supposed parents.
  B) exiled Aderopo from his presence
  C) treated Baba Fakunle with disrespect
  D) no longer likes the land of Kutuje.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1092: Dramatis personae in a play refers to Options:
  A) a list of characters
  B) order of appearance
  C) cast list
  D) protagonist and antagonist
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1093:

  In Animal Farm, the song

  'Beasts of England, beast of Ireland,

  Beasts of every land and clime,

  Hearken to my joyful tidings

  Of the golden future time.was first sung by

  Options:
  A) Snowball
  B) Squealer
  C) Old Major
  D) Napoleon
  E) Bluebell
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1094:

  This question is based on Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

  ''...It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, my son, but sometimes it is better to be a coward.

  We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live. soon submit to the burial mat.''

  In this passage, Ezeulu is pointing out to his son the wisdom in

  Options:
  A) moderation
  B) bravery
  C) cowardice
  D) sitting on the fence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1095: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood.Why did Nnaife blame Nnu Ego for all his problems Options:
  A) Because his daughter slapped him
  B) Because his daughter disobeyed him by travelling to abroad
  C) Because his daughter disobeyed him by moving with prostitutes
  D) Because his daughter ran away with a Yoruba man.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1096:

  A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as _________?

  Options:
  A) characteristics
  B) allegory
  C) metaphor
  D) parallelism
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1097: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.How does Question Gertrude finally die? Options:
  A) Through strangulation
  B) By venomed sword
  C) from poisoned drink
  D) of snake bite
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1098:

  Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned. He knew this was, one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.
  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth

  The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of

  Options:
  A) trance
  B) drowning
  C) forgetfulness
  D) labyrinth
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1099: A novel is Options:
  A) a long prose narrative fiction
  B) an interesting story about a hero
  C) a prose writings that deals with various people
  D) a long story in which homan characters represents abstract qualities
  E) a prose writing about the lives of great and interesting people.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1100: "The madman has entered our house with violence
  Defiling our sacred grounds
  Claiming the single truth of the universe
  Bending down our priest with iron".
  Mazzizi Kunnene's progress
  The imagery of the line above captures the idea of Options:
  A) coercion
  B) truth
  C) religiosity
  D) persuasion
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  The correct answer is D .