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 1141:

  'O Julius Caesar!art mighty yet!

  Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords.

  In our own proper entrails'.

  These lines were spoken by

  Options:
  A) Cassius before the corpse of Brutus
  B) Cassius before the corpse of Caesar
  C) Brutus before the corpse Cassius
  D) Titinius before the corpse Cato
  E) Brutus before the corpse Portia.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1142:

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

  ...'the hawk will flutter and turn

  On its wings and swoop for the mouse,

  The dogs will run for the hare,

  The hare for its little life.'

  These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' mean that

  Options:
  A) this is a hunting season
  B) there is chaos
  C) the hare will be killed
  D) the hawk and the dogs are strong
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1143:
  From the novel; Morountodun

  This question isbased on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.

  Titubijoins the farmer's revolt

  Options:
  A) to ensure it's success
  B) as a spy for the establishment
  C) in pursuit of Marshal
  D) to defy the police
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1144:

  This question is based on Literary Principles.

  'If we must die, let it not be like hogs

  Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,

  While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs

  Making their mock at our accursed lot.'

  Claude Mickay, 'If We Must Die'

  The mood in the lines above is one of

  Options:
  A) disgust
  B) indignation
  C) fear
  D) sorrow
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1145: A speech or writing used to praise a person or a thing for past or present deeds is Options:
  A) eulogy
  B) synecdoche
  C) epigram
  D) epilogue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1146:
  From the novel; Othello

  The question is based on Williams Shakespeares OTHELLO

  Othello kills Desdemona because the_______

  Options:
  A) former is jealous
  B) former's race is insulted
  C) latter is a witch
  D) latter is an idol
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1147:

  This question is based on Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

  'If you can procreate without loving, merely to satisfy the pride of your declining mother, then I' find you despicable...'

  Whose words are these?

  Options:
  A) Aissatou
  B) Ramatoulaye
  C) Young Nabou
  D) Jacqueline
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1148: This question is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.According to the play, the Duke of lllyria is fascinated by Options:
  A) the idea of love
  B) the food of love
  C) music
  D) entertainment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1149: These questions are based on general Literary principlesThe plot of a story generally refers to the Options:
  A) intrigue made by a character against the hero
  B) way in which the events of the story are organized
  C) way in which the writer begin the story
  D) way the writer ends the story
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1150: This question is based on Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.
  In poetry, a quatrain is a group of four Options:
  A) lines
  B) stanzas
  C) refrains
  D) poems
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  The correct answer is A .