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 111:

  This question is based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man the Sea.

  'Th old man was dreaming about the lions suggests that he is

  Options:
  A) going to hunt lions
  B) still determined and hopefu
  C) afraid of future struggle
  D) about to enter new jungles
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 112:

  The voice of reason in the 'Harvest of Corruption' is exemplified in the character of___________

  Options:
  A) Ochuole
  B) Ogeyi
  C) Madam Hoha
  D) Aloho
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 113: The main idea suggests in Kalu Uka's poem 'Earth To Earth Options:
  A) death and burial
  B) man's mortality
  C) the changes in seasons
  D) the propitiation of ancestors
  E) the falling od dew-drops.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 114: In his judgement over the elders,Ovonramwen reveals his preference for Options:
  A) diplomacy
  B) intimidation
  C) loyalty
  D) consensus
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 115:

  This question i based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (ed.)Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.) A Pageant of Longer Poems.

  The confusion in the poet in D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Snake' arises from

  Options:
  A) education and love
  B) fascination and fear
  C) anger and hospitability
  D) protest and regret
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 116: This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood
  In the society of Nwokocha Agbadi, a man's social rating is determined by his Options:
  A) oratorical power
  B) physical prowess
  C) gentle mien
  D) altruistic actions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 117:

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

  Gabriel Okara presents the Black in relation to the child-Front in his poem 'The Fisherman's invocation as a source of

  Options:
  A) inspiration
  B) destruction
  C) anxiety
  D) uncertainty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 118:

  Adeoti's "Ambush" ends on a note of___________

  Options:
  A) despair
  B) bright aspirations
  C) courage
  D) uncertainty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 119: Any work of literature which sets out to instruct may be called Options:
  A) dialetic
  B) decadent
  C) definitive
  D) didactic.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 120:

  The moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge is known as

  Options:
  A) Anamnesis
  B) Anagnorisis
  C) Hamartia
  D) Hubris
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  The correct answer is B .